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Recognised as Colour

#74D6FF

  • #74D6FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#74D6FF is a cyan with RGB values 116, 214, 255 and HSL 198°, 100%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#74D6FF#74D6FF
HEX#74D6FF
RGBrgb(116, 214, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.8392, 1
RGB percentages45.5%, 83.9%, 100%
HSLhsl(197.7, 100%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.7, 54.5%, 100%)
CMYK54.5%, 16.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,657,215
CSS custom property--colour: #74D6FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59026WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.81:1
Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#8B2900

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0D3FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACC3FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00E2E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 7.1Sky blue · ΔE 8.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.3Light blue · ΔE 18.8Light steelblue · ΔE 21.5Powder blue · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 7.05, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF9D74
Analogous#74FFE2, #7491FF
Triadic#FF74D6, #D6FF74
Split complementary#FF7491, #FFE274
Tetradic#E274FF, #FF9D74, #91FF74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DAF4FF
Lighter +10%#A7E5FF
Darker −10%#41C7FF
Darker −20%#0EB8FF
Darker −30%#009ADA
Darker −40%#0076A7
More saturated +25%#74D6FF
Less saturated −25%#85CFEE

Channel breakdown

R116
G214
B255
Red116 (45.5%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue197.7°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G D6 · B FF

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