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Recognised as Colour

#74DFAE

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

#74DFAE is a cyan with RGB values 116, 223, 174 and HSL 153°, 63%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#74DFAE#74DFAE
HEX#74DFAE
RGBrgb(116, 223, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.8745, 0.6824
RGB percentages45.5%, 87.5%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(152.5, 62.6%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(152.5, 48%, 87.5%)
CMYK48%, 0%, 22%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,659,438
CSS custom property--colour: #74DFAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59544WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.91:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5
Inverted#8B2051

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DCD2ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#CCC6B1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original
Tritanopia#53DFD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 9.4Aquamarine · ΔE 12Turquoise · ΔE 18.8Medium seagreen · ΔE 19.9Dark seagreen · ΔE 20.9Light green · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 9.44, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DF74A5
Analogous#74DF79, #74DADF
Triadic#AE74DF, #DFAE74
Split complementary#DF74DA, #DF7974
Tetradic#7974DF, #DF74A5, #DADF74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0FCF6
Lighter +20%#C7F2DE
Lighter +10%#9DE9C6
Darker −10%#4BD596
Darker −20%#2CC17D
Darker −30%#239762
Darker −40%#196E47
More saturated +25%#5FF4B0
Less saturated −25%#89CAAC

Channel breakdown

R116
G223
B174
Red116 (45.5%)
Green223 (87.5%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue152.52°
Saturation (HSL)62.57%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 74 · G DF · B AE

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