Recognised as Colour

#74E5B8

#74E5B8
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#74E5B8 is a cyan with RGB values 116, 229, 184 and HSL 156°, 68%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#74E5B8#74E5B8

HEX#74E5B8

RGBrgb(116, 229, 184)

RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.898, 0.7216

RGB percentages45.5%, 89.8%, 72.2%

HSLhsl(156.1, 68.5%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(156.1, 49.3%, 89.8%)

CMYK49.3%, 0%, 19.7%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,660,984

CSS custom property--colour: #74E5B8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63212WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness196.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.64:1

Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#8B1A47

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1D8B6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#D0CBBBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.9 from the original

Tritanopia#4DE5D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 9.3 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 9.8 Turquoise · ΔE 16.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 22.2 Medium seagreen · ΔE 22.6 Dark seagreen · ΔE 22.9

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 9.26, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E574A1

Analogous#74E580, #74D9E5

Triadic#B874E5, #E5B874

Split complementary#E574DA, #E58074

Tetradic#8074E5, #E574A1, #D9E574

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F5FDFA

Lighter +20%#CAF5E4

Lighter +10%#9FEDCE

Darker −10%#49DDA2

Darker −20%#26CD8A

Darker −30%#1EA26D

Darker −40%#167750

More saturated +25%#5FFABC

Less saturated −25%#89D0B4

Channel breakdown

R116

G229

B184

Red116 (45.5%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue184 (72.2%)

Hue156.11°

Saturation (HSL)68.48%

Lightness67.65%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 74 · G E5 · B B8

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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