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Recognised as Colour

#75D9CC

  • #75D9CC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#75D9CC is a cyan with RGB values 117, 217, 204 and HSL 172°, 57%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#75D9CC#75D9CC
HEX#75D9CC
RGBrgb(117, 217, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.4588, 0.851, 0.8
RGB percentages45.9%, 85.1%, 80%
HSLhsl(172.2, 56.8%, 65.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.2, 46.1%, 85.1%)
CMYK46.1%, 0%, 6%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,723,468
CSS custom property--colour: #75D9CC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57767WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.55:1
Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#8A2633

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0CFCCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0C3CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original
Tritanopia#47DDD5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.4Turquoise · ΔE 11.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.3Light seagreen · ΔE 16.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 8.37, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D97582
Analogous#75D99A, #75B4D9
Triadic#CC75D9, #D9CC75
Split complementary#D975B4, #D99A75
Tetradic#9A75D9, #D97582, #B4D975

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDFAF8
Lighter +20%#C5EFEA
Lighter +10%#9DE4DB
Darker −10%#4DCEBD
Darker −20%#32B6A5
Darker −30%#278E81
Darker −40%#1C665C
More saturated +25%#5FEFDC
Less saturated −25%#8BC3BC

Channel breakdown

R117
G217
B204
Red117 (45.9%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue172.2°
Saturation (HSL)56.82%
Lightness65.49%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 75 · G D9 · B CC

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