Colour

#74E7FD

#74E7FD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#74E7FD is a cyan with RGB values 116, 231, 253 and HSL 190°, 97%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#74E7FD#74E7FD

HEX#74E7FD

RGBrgb(116, 231, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.9059, 0.9922

RGB percentages45.5%, 90.6%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(189.6, 97.2%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(189.6, 54.2%, 99.2%)

CMYK54.2%, 8.7%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,661,565

CSS custom property--colour: #74E7FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67957WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.59:1

Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#8B1802

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D5E0FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#C0D0FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00F0EEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 13.7 Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.4 Powder blue · ΔE 17.9 Light blue · ΔE 18.4 Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.6

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 13.71, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FD8A74

Analogous#74FDCF, #74A2FD

Triadic#FD74E7, #E7FD74

Split complementary#FD74A2, #FDCF74

Tetradic#CF74FD, #FD8A74, #A2FD74

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#D9F8FE

Lighter +10%#A6F0FE

Darker −10%#42DEFC

Darker −20%#0FD6FC

Darker −30%#03B3D5

Darker −40%#0289A3

More saturated +25%#72E8FF

Less saturated −25%#86DBEB

Channel breakdown

R116

G231

B253

Red116 (45.5%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue189.64°

Saturation (HSL)97.16%

Lightness72.35%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 74 · G E7 · B FD

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Colour values

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