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Recognised as Colour

#74CDBC

  • #74CDBC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#74CDBC is a cyan with RGB values 116, 205, 188 and HSL 169°, 47%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#74CDBC#74CDBC
HEX#74CDBC
RGBrgb(116, 205, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.8039, 0.7373
RGB percentages45.5%, 80.4%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(168.5, 47.1%, 62.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.5, 43.4%, 80.4%)
CMYK43.4%, 0%, 8.3%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,654,844
CSS custom property--colour: #74CDBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51006WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.2:1
Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#8B3243

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6C4BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7B9BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original
Tritanopia#51D0C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.2Light seagreen · ΔE 14.3Turquoise · ΔE 14.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 10.72, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CD7485
Analogous#74CD90, #74B2CD
Triadic#BC74CD, #CDBC74
Split complementary#CD74B2, #CD9074
Tetradic#8F74CD, #CD7485, #B1CD74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E5F5F2
Lighter +20%#BFE8E0
Lighter +10%#9ADACE
Darker −10%#4EC0AA
Darker −20%#3AA18D
Darker −30%#2C7C6C
Darker −40%#1F564C
More saturated +25%#5CE5CB
Less saturated −25%#8CB5AD

Channel breakdown

R116
G205
B188
Red116 (45.5%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue168.54°
Saturation (HSL)47.09%
Lightness62.94%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 74 · G CD · B BC

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