Recognised as Colour

#74E2FE

#74E2FE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#74E2FE is a cyan with RGB values 116, 226, 254 and HSL 192°, 99%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#74E2FE#74E2FE

HEX#74E2FE

RGBrgb(116, 226, 254)

RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.8863, 0.9961

RGB percentages45.5%, 88.6%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(192.2, 98.6%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(192.2, 54.3%, 99.6%)

CMYK54.3%, 11%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,660,286

CSS custom property--colour: #74E2FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65261WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness203.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.05:1

Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD

Inverted#8B1D01

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CFDCFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#BACDFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00ECEBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 10.8 Light skyblue · ΔE 15 Light blue · ΔE 17.6 Pale turquoise · ΔE 18.2 Powder blue · ΔE 18.2 Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.9

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 10.83, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FE9074

Analogous#74FED5, #749DFE

Triadic#FE74E2, #E2FE74

Split complementary#FE749D, #FED574

Tetradic#D574FE, #FE9074, #9DFE74

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#D9F7FF

Lighter +10%#A7EDFE

Darker −10%#41D7FE

Darker −20%#0FCDFD

Darker −30%#02ACD7

Darker −40%#0184A5

More saturated +25%#73E3FF

Less saturated −25%#85D8ED

Channel breakdown

R116

G226

B254

Red116 (45.5%)

Green226 (88.6%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue192.17°

Saturation (HSL)98.57%

Lightness72.55%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 74 · G E2 · B FE

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#74E2FE

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else