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Recognised as Colour

#74DBC4

  • #74DBC4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#74DBC4 is a cyan with RGB values 116, 219, 196 and HSL 167°, 59%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#74DBC4#74DBC4
HEX#74DBC4
RGBrgb(116, 219, 196)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.8588, 0.7686
RGB percentages45.5%, 85.9%, 76.9%
HSLhsl(166.6, 58.9%, 65.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(166.6, 47%, 85.9%)
CMYK47%, 0%, 10.5%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,658,436
CSS custom property--colour: #74DBC4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58362WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.67:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#8B243B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4D0C3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3C4C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Tritanopia#49DED4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 8.6Turquoise · ΔE 10.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.3Aquamarine · ΔE 16.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.2Light seagreen · ΔE 17.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 8.65, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB748B
Analogous#74DB91, #74BFDB
Triadic#C474DB, #DBC474
Split complementary#DB74BE, #DB9174
Tetradic#9174DB, #DB748B, #BFDB74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEFAF8
Lighter +20%#C5F0E6
Lighter +10%#9DE5D5
Darker −10%#4BD1B3
Darker −20%#30B99A
Darker −30%#259179
Darker −40%#1B6857
More saturated +25%#5EF1D0
Less saturated −25%#8AC5B8

Channel breakdown

R116
G219
B196
Red116 (45.5%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue196 (76.9%)
Hue166.6°
Saturation (HSL)58.86%
Lightness65.69%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 74 · G DB · B C4

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