Colour

#74DBAD

#74DBAD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#74DBAD is a cyan with RGB values 116, 219, 173 and HSL 153°, 59%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

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HEX#74DBAD

RGBrgb(116, 219, 173)

RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.8588, 0.6784

RGB percentages45.5%, 85.9%, 67.8%

HSLhsl(153.2, 58.9%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(153.2, 47%, 85.9%)

CMYK47%, 0%, 21%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,658,413

CSS custom property--colour: #74DBAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57393WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness188.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.48:1

Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2

Inverted#8B2452

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D8CEABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#C8C3B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.2 from the original

Tritanopia#55DBCEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 7.3 Aquamarine · ΔE 13.2 Turquoise · ΔE 17.9 Dark seagreen · ΔE 19.3 Medium seagreen · ΔE 20.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 22.3

Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 7.34, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DB74A2

Analogous#74DB7A, #74D5DB

Triadic#AD74DB, #DBAD74

Split complementary#DB74D5, #DB7A74

Tetradic#7A74DB, #DB74A2, #D5DB74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EEFAF5

Lighter +20%#C5F0DD

Lighter +10%#9DE5C5

Darker −10%#4BD195

Darker −20%#30B97C

Darker −30%#259161

Darker −40%#1B6846

More saturated +25%#5EF1AF

Less saturated −25%#8AC5AB

Channel breakdown

R116

G219

B173

Red116 (45.5%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue173 (67.8%)

Hue153.2°

Saturation (HSL)58.86%

Lightness65.69%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 74 · G DB · B AD

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