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Recognised as Colour

#75DCD5

  • #75DCD5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#75DCD5 is a cyan with RGB values 117, 220, 213 and HSL 176°, 60%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#75DCD5#75DCD5
HEX#75DCD5
RGBrgb(117, 220, 213)
RGB (0–1)0.4588, 0.8627, 0.8353
RGB percentages45.9%, 86.3%, 83.5%
HSLhsl(175.9, 59.5%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.9, 46.8%, 86.3%)
CMYK46.8%, 0%, 3.2%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,724,245
CSS custom property--colour: #75DCD5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59772WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.95:1
Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#8A232A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2D3D5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0C6D6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Tritanopia#3FE1DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.6 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 text12.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.9Turquoise · ΔE 12.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 13Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.8Light seagreen · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 7.87, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC757C
Analogous#75DCA2, #75AFDC
Triadic#D575DC, #DCD575
Split complementary#DC75AF, #DCA275
Tetradic#A275DC, #DC757C, #AFDC75

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFFBFA
Lighter +20%#C6F1EE
Lighter +10%#9EE6E1
Darker −10%#4CD2C9
Darker −20%#30BBB2
Darker −30%#25938B
Darker −40%#1B6A65
More saturated +25%#5FF2E8
Less saturated −25%#8BC6C2

Channel breakdown

R117
G220
B213
Red117 (45.9%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue213 (83.5%)
Hue175.92°
Saturation (HSL)59.54%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 75 · G DC · B D5

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