Colour

#74FFEE

#74FFEE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#74FFEE is a cyan with RGB values 116, 255, 238 and HSL 173°, 100%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#74FFEE#74FFEE

HEX#74FFEE

RGBrgb(116, 255, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.4549, 1, 0.9333

RGB percentages45.5%, 100%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(172.7, 100%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172.7, 54.5%, 100%)

CMYK54.5%, 0%, 6.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,667,694

CSS custom property--colour: #74FFEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81406WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.28:1

Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0

Inverted#8B0011

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4F2EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#DEE2F0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFFAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 11.3 Aqua · ΔE 12.5 Cyan · ΔE 12.5 Aquamarine · ΔE 13.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.8 Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.9

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 11.3, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF7485

Analogous#74FFA9, #74CAFF

Triadic#EE74FF, #FFEE74

Split complementary#FF74CB, #FFA874

Tetradic#A874FF, #FF7485, #CAFF74

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#DAFFFA

Lighter +10%#A7FFF4

Darker −10%#41FFE8

Darker −20%#0EFFE2

Darker −30%#00DABF

Darker −40%#00A793

More saturated +25%#74FFEE

Less saturated −25%#85EEE1

Channel breakdown

R116

G255

B238

Red116 (45.5%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue172.66°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness72.75%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 74 · G FF · B EE

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