#74909c

Color #74909c

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 5.44 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#74909c

RGB

rgb(116, 144, 156)

HSL

hsl(198, 16.8%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198, 25.6%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.6%, 7.7%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(58.09, -7, -9.59)

LCH

lch(58.09, 11.87, 233.87)

OKLCH

oklch(63.6%, 0.0364, 225.78)

HWB

hwb(198, 45.5%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9c8074

Analogous

#749c94

#74909c

#747c9c

Triadic

#74909c

#9c7490

#909c74

Split-complementary

#74909c

#9c747c

#9c9474

Tetradic

#74909c

#80749c

#9c8074

#909c74

Square

#74909c

#94749c

#9c8074

#7c9c74

Shades

Color #74909c mixed toward black.

#5e7984

#4b616a

#39494f

#263035

#13181a

Tints

Color #74909c mixed toward white.

#8ba2ac

#a2b5bd

#b9c7cd

#d1dade

#e8ecee

Tones

Color #74909c mixed toward gray.

#778f99

#7b8d95

#7e8c92

#818b8f

#85898b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.21:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#818199 · ΔE 15

Deuteranopia

#7f7d99 · ΔE 16.8

Tritanopia

#769796 · ΔE 7.3

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 10.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #74909c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74909c]

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Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#74909c (#74909c) is rgb(116, 144, 156) in RGB.

No, #74909c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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