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Recognised as Colour

#74CEF0

  • #74CEF0
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#74CEF0 is a cyan with RGB values 116, 206, 240 and HSL 196°, 81%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#74CEF0#74CEF0
HEX#74CEF0
RGBrgb(116, 206, 240)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.8078, 0.9412
RGB percentages45.5%, 80.8%, 94.1%
HSLhsl(196.5, 80.5%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.5, 51.7%, 94.1%)
CMYK51.7%, 14.2%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,655,152
CSS custom property--colour: #74CEF0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54147WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.83:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#8B310F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBCAF2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9BCF0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Tritanopia#22D8D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 4.9Light skyblue · ΔE 7.9Light blue · ΔE 16.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.5Powder blue · ΔE 19Light steelblue · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 4.85, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F09674
Analogous#74F0D4, #7490F0
Triadic#F074CE, #CEF074
Split complementary#F07490, #F0D474
Tetradic#D474F0, #F09674, #90F074

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFFFF
Lighter +20%#D0EEFA
Lighter +10%#A2DEF5
Darker −10%#46BEEB
Darker −20%#19ADE5
Darker −30%#148AB7
Darker −40%#0F6889
More saturated +25%#65D5FF
Less saturated −25%#87C5DD

Channel breakdown

R116
G206
B240
Red116 (45.5%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue240 (94.1%)
Hue196.45°
Saturation (HSL)80.52%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G CE · B F0

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