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Recognised as Colour

#74CEC8

  • #74CEC8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#74CEC8 is a cyan with RGB values 116, 206, 200 and HSL 176°, 48%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#74CEC8#74CEC8
HEX#74CEC8
RGBrgb(116, 206, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.8078, 0.7843
RGB percentages45.5%, 80.8%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(176, 47.9%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176, 43.7%, 80.8%)
CMYK43.7%, 0%, 2.9%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,655,112
CSS custom property--colour: #74CEC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52026WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.41:1
Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#8B3137

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5C6C8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5BAC9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original
Tritanopia#4AD2CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.3Light seagreen · ΔE 14.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.5Turquoise · ΔE 16.2Powder blue · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 9.44, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CE747A
Analogous#74CE9B, #74A7CE
Triadic#C874CE, #CEC874
Split complementary#CE74A7, #CE9B74
Tetradic#9B74CE, #CE747A, #A7CE74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E5F6F5
Lighter +20%#BFE9E6
Lighter +10%#9ADBD7
Darker −10%#4EC1B9
Darker −20%#39A39C
Darker −30%#2C7D78
Darker −40%#1F5753
More saturated +25%#5DE5DC
Less saturated −25%#8BB7B4

Channel breakdown

R116
G206
B200
Red116 (45.5%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue176°
Saturation (HSL)47.87%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 74 · G CE · B C8

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