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Recognised as Colour

#74DDDA

  • #74DDDA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#74DDDA is a cyan with RGB values 116, 221, 218 and HSL 178°, 61%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#74DDDA#74DDDA
HEX#74DDDA
RGBrgb(116, 221, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.8667, 0.8549
RGB percentages45.5%, 86.7%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(178.3, 60.7%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.3, 47.5%, 86.7%)
CMYK47.5%, 0%, 1.4%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,658,970
CSS custom property--colour: #74DDDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60488WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.1:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#8B2225

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2D4DAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0C7DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.8 from the original
Tritanopia#37E2DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.5Turquoise · ΔE 13.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.1Powder blue · ΔE 17.5Light seagreen · ΔE 17.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 8.15, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD7477
Analogous#74DDA5, #74ACDD
Triadic#DA74DD, #DDDA74
Split complementary#DD74AC, #DDA574
Tetradic#A574DD, #DD7477, #ACDD74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFFBFB
Lighter +20%#C6F1F0
Lighter +10%#9DE7E5
Darker −10%#4BD3CF
Darker −20%#2EBDB9
Darker −30%#249491
Darker −40%#1A6B69
More saturated +25%#5EF3EE
Less saturated −25%#8AC7C6

Channel breakdown

R116
G221
B218
Red116 (45.5%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue178.29°
Saturation (HSL)60.69%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 74 · G DD · B DA

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