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Recognised as Colour

#74CCE0

  • #74CCE0
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#74CCE0 is a cyan with RGB values 116, 204, 224 and HSL 191°, 64%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#74CCE0#74CCE0
HEX#74CCE0
RGBrgb(116, 204, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.8, 0.8784
RGB percentages45.5%, 80%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(191.1, 63.5%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.1, 48.2%, 87.8%)
CMYK48.2%, 8.9%, 0%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,654,624
CSS custom property--colour: #74CCE0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52281WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.46:1
Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#8B331F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BDC7E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACBAE0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Tritanopia#38D4D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7.3Light blue · ΔE 13.8Light skyblue · ΔE 14.9Powder blue · ΔE 15.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.32, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E08874
Analogous#74E0BE, #7496E0
Triadic#E074CC, #CCE074
Split complementary#E07496, #E0BE74
Tetradic#BE74E0, #E08874, #96E074

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1FAFC
Lighter +20%#C7EBF3
Lighter +10%#9EDBE9
Darker −10%#4ABDD7
Darker −20%#2BA7C3
Darker −30%#228399
Darker −40%#195F6F
More saturated +25%#5FD9F5
Less saturated −25%#89BFCB

Channel breakdown

R116
G204
B224
Red116 (45.5%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue191.11°
Saturation (HSL)63.53%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G CC · B E0

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