Colour

#74DCFF

#74DCFF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#74DCFF is a cyan with RGB values 116, 220, 255 and HSL 195°, 100%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#74DCFF#74DCFF

HEX#74DCFF

RGBrgb(116, 220, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.8627, 1

RGB percentages45.5%, 86.3%, 100%

HSLhsl(195.1, 100%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(195.1, 54.5%, 100%)

CMYK54.5%, 13.7%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,658,751

CSS custom property--colour: #74DCFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62119WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.42:1

Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#8B2300

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C8D7FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#B3C8FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00E7E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.6 Light skyblue · ΔE 10.7 Light blue · ΔE 17.8 Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.6 Powder blue · ΔE 19.7 Pale turquoise · ΔE 21.1

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.59, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF9774

Analogous#74FFDD, #7496FF

Triadic#FF74DC, #DCFF74

Split complementary#FF7496, #FFDD74

Tetradic#DD74FF, #FF9774, #96FF74

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#DAF6FF

Lighter +10%#A7E9FF

Darker −10%#41CFFF

Darker −20%#0EC2FF

Darker −30%#00A3DA

Darker −40%#007DA7

More saturated +25%#74DCFF

Less saturated −25%#85D3EE

Channel breakdown

R116

G220

B255

Red116 (45.5%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue195.11°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness72.75%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 74 · G DC · B FF

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Colour values

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