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Recognised as Colour

#75DCD4

  • #75DCD4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#75DCD4 is a cyan with RGB values 117, 220, 212 and HSL 175°, 60%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#75DCD4#75DCD4
HEX#75DCD4
RGBrgb(117, 220, 212)
RGB (0–1)0.4588, 0.8627, 0.8314
RGB percentages45.9%, 86.3%, 83.1%
HSLhsl(175.3, 59.5%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.3, 46.8%, 86.3%)
CMYK46.8%, 0%, 3.6%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,724,244
CSS custom property--colour: #75DCD4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59722WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.94:1
Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#8A232B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2D3D4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1C6D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original
Tritanopia#40E1D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.9Turquoise · ΔE 12.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.3Light seagreen · ΔE 16.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 7.85, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC757D
Analogous#75DCA0, #75B1DC
Triadic#D475DC, #DCD475
Split complementary#DC75B1, #DCA075
Tetradic#A175DC, #DC757D, #B1DC75

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFFBFA
Lighter +20%#C6F1ED
Lighter +10%#9EE6E1
Darker −10%#4CD2C7
Darker −20%#30BBB1
Darker −30%#25938A
Darker −40%#1B6A64
More saturated +25%#5FF2E6
Less saturated −25%#8BC6C2

Channel breakdown

R117
G220
B212
Red117 (45.9%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue212 (83.1%)
Hue175.34°
Saturation (HSL)59.54%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 75 · G DC · B D4

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