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Recognised as Colour

#74D5DF

  • #74D5DF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#74D5DF is a cyan with RGB values 116, 213, 223 and HSL 186°, 63%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#74D5DF#74D5DF
HEX#74D5DF
RGBrgb(116, 213, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.8353, 0.8745
RGB percentages45.5%, 83.5%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(185.6, 62.6%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.6, 48%, 87.5%)
CMYK48%, 4.5%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,656,927
CSS custom property--colour: #74D5DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56629WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.33:1
Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#8B2A20

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8CEE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6C1DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Tritanopia#36DCD8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 13Sky blue · ΔE 13.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 14Powder blue · ΔE 14.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.8Light blue · ΔE 15.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DF7E74
Analogous#74DFB3, #74A0DF
Triadic#DF74D5, #D5DF74
Split complementary#DF74A0, #DFB374
Tetradic#B374DF, #DF7E74, #A0DF74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0FBFC
Lighter +20%#C7EEF2
Lighter +10%#9DE2E9
Darker −10%#4BC8D5
Darker −20%#2CB3C1
Darker −30%#238C97
Darker −40%#19666E
More saturated +25%#5FE6F4
Less saturated −25%#89C4CA

Channel breakdown

R116
G213
B223
Red116 (45.5%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue185.61°
Saturation (HSL)62.57%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G D5 · B DF

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