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Recognised as Colour

#74CFFF

  • #74CFFF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#74CFFF is a blue with RGB values 116, 207, 255 and HSL 201°, 100%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#74CFFF#74CFFF
HEX#74CFFF
RGBrgb(116, 207, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.8118, 1
RGB percentages45.5%, 81.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(200.7, 100%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200.7, 54.5%, 100%)
CMYK54.5%, 18.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,655,423
CSS custom property--colour: #74CFFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55559WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.11:1
Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#8B3000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8CDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4BEFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00DCDFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 4.6Sky blue · ΔE 10.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 13.2Light steelblue · ΔE 21Light blue · ΔE 21Powder blue · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 4.64, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFA474
Analogous#74FFEA, #7489FF
Triadic#FF74CF, #CFFF74
Split complementary#FF7489, #FFEA74
Tetradic#EA74FF, #FFA474, #89FF74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DAF2FF
Lighter +10%#A7E1FF
Darker −10%#41BDFF
Darker −20%#0EACFF
Darker −30%#008FDA
Darker −40%#006DA7
More saturated +25%#74CFFF
Less saturated −25%#85CAEE

Channel breakdown

R116
G207
B255
Red116 (45.5%)
Green207 (81.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue200.72°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G CF · B FF

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