#74a8ae

Color #74a8ae

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 6.13 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 11

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Conversions

HEX

#74a8ae

RGB

rgb(116, 168, 174)

HSL

hsl(186.2, 26.4%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.2, 33.3%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.3%, 3.4%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(65.57, -15.6, -8.59)

LCH

lch(65.57, 17.81, 208.84)

OKLCH

oklch(69.7%, 0.0555, 205.04)

HWB

hwb(186.2, 45.5%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae7a74

Analogous

#74ae97

#74a8ae

#748bae

Triadic

#74a8ae

#ae74a8

#a8ae74

Split-complementary

#74a8ae

#ae748b

#ae9774

Tetradic

#74a8ae

#7a74ae

#ae7a74

#a8ae74

Square

#74a8ae

#9774ae

#ae7a74

#8bae74

Shades

Color #74a8ae mixed toward black.

#599299

#47757a

#35585c

#243a3d

#121d1f

Tints

Color #74a8ae mixed toward white.

#8bb7bc

#a2c5c9

#bad4d7

#d1e2e4

#e8f1f2

Tones

Color #74a8ae mixed toward gray.

#79a4a9

#7ea0a4

#839da0

#87999b

#8c9596

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8ead · ΔE 22.7

Deuteranopia

#8a86ac · ΔE 24.9

Tritanopia

#77abab · ΔE 2.8

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 15.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #74a8ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74a8ae]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#74a8ae (#74a8ae) is rgb(116, 168, 174) in RGB.

No, #74a8ae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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