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Recognised as Colour

#74DDDD

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

#74DDDD is a cyan with RGB values 116, 221, 221 and HSL 180°, 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

#74DDDD#74DDDD
HEX#74DDDD
RGBrgb(116, 221, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.8667, 0.8667
RGB percentages45.5%, 86.7%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(180, 60.7%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180, 47.5%, 86.7%)
CMYK47.5%, 0%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,658,973
CSS custom property--colour: #74DDDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60646WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.13:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#8B2222

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1D4DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFC7DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Tritanopia#34E3DDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.8 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 text13.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.6Turquoise · ΔE 14.8Powder blue · ΔE 16.8Light seagreen · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 8.85, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD7474
Analogous#74DDA9, #74A9DD
Triadic#DD74DD, #DDDD74
Split complementary#DD74A9, #DDA974
Tetradic#A974DD, #DD7474, #A9DD74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFFBFB
Lighter +20%#C6F1F1
Lighter +10%#9DE7E7
Darker −10%#4BD3D3
Darker −20%#2EBDBD
Darker −30%#249494
Darker −40%#1A6B6B
More saturated +25%#5EF3F3
Less saturated −25%#8AC7C7

Channel breakdown

R116
G221
B221
Red116 (45.5%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue180°
Saturation (HSL)60.69%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelGreen and Blue
Hex per channelR 74 · G DD · B DD

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