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Recognised as Colour

#74DBC5

  • #74DBC5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#74DBC5 is a cyan with RGB values 116, 219, 197 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

#74DBC5#74DBC5
HEX#74DBC5
RGBrgb(116, 219, 197)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.8588, 0.7725
RGB percentages45.5%, 85.9%, 77.3%
HSLhsl(167.2, 58.9%, 65.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(167.2, 47%, 85.9%)
CMYK47%, 0%, 10%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,658,437
CSS custom property--colour: #74DBC5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58407WCAG 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 12.68:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#8B243A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4D0C4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3C4C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Tritanopia#48DED4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10 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 text12.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 9.1Turquoise · ΔE 10.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.8Aquamarine · ΔE 17.2Light seagreen · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 9.1, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB748A
Analogous#74DB92, #74BEDB
Triadic#C574DB, #DBC574
Split complementary#DB74BE, #DB9274
Tetradic#9174DB, #DB748A, #BEDB74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEFAF8
Lighter +20%#C5F0E7
Lighter +10%#9DE5D6
Darker −10%#4BD1B4
Darker −20%#30B99C
Darker −30%#25917A
Darker −40%#1B6858
More saturated +25%#5EF1D2
Less saturated −25%#8AC5B8

Channel breakdown

R116
G219
B197
Red116 (45.5%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue197 (77.3%)
Hue167.18°
Saturation (HSL)58.86%
Lightness65.69%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 74 · G DB · B C5

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