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Recognised as Colour

#74E9EB

  • #74E9EB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#74E9EB is a cyan with RGB values 116, 233, 235 and HSL 181°, 75%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#74E9EB#74E9EB
HEX#74E9EB
RGBrgb(116, 233, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.9137, 0.9216
RGB percentages45.5%, 91.4%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(181, 74.8%, 68.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181, 50.6%, 92.2%)
CMYK50.6%, 0.9%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,662,059
CSS custom property--colour: #74E9EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67989WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness205.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.6:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#8B1614

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DCE0EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8D1ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original
Tritanopia#16F0E9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.9 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 text14.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.3Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.3Turquoise · ΔE 14.4Aqua · ΔE 16.7Cyan · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 10.71, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EB7674
Analogous#74EBB2, #74ADEB
Triadic#EB74E9, #E9EB74
Split complementary#EB74AD, #EBB274
Tetradic#B274EB, #EB7674, #ADEB74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAFEFE
Lighter +20%#CDF7F8
Lighter +10%#A1F0F1
Darker −10%#47E2E5
Darker −20%#1FD7DA
Darker −30%#19ABAD
Darker −40%#127F81
More saturated +25%#60FCFF
Less saturated −25%#88D6D7

Channel breakdown

R116
G233
B235
Red116 (45.5%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue181.01°
Saturation (HSL)74.84%
Lightness68.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G E9 · B EB

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