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Recognised as Colour

#74DFCA

  • #74DFCA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#74DFCA is a cyan with RGB values 116, 223, 202 and HSL 168°, 63%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#74DFCA#74DFCA
HEX#74DFCA
RGBrgb(116, 223, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.8745, 0.7922
RGB percentages45.5%, 87.5%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(168.2, 62.6%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.2, 48%, 87.5%)
CMYK48%, 0%, 9.4%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,659,466
CSS custom property--colour: #74DFCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60753WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.15:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#8B2035

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7D4C9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C6C7CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Tritanopia#44E2D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.2 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 text13.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 9.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.7Aquamarine · ΔE 16.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.4Light seagreen · ΔE 18
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 9.48, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DF7489
Analogous#74DF94, #74BEDF
Triadic#CA74DF, #DFCA74
Split complementary#DF74BE, #DF9474
Tetradic#9574DF, #DF7489, #BFDF74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0FCF9
Lighter +20%#C7F2EA
Lighter +10%#9DE9DA
Darker −10%#4BD5BA
Darker −20%#2CC1A4
Darker −30%#239780
Darker −40%#196E5D
More saturated +25%#5FF4D7
Less saturated −25%#89CABD

Channel breakdown

R116
G223
B202
Red116 (45.5%)
Green223 (87.5%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue168.22°
Saturation (HSL)62.57%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 74 · G DF · B CA

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