#74aaca

Color #74aaca

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 13.32 Nearest Tailwind class sky-500 #00a6f4 · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#74aaca

RGB

rgb(116, 170, 202)

HSL

hsl(202.3, 44.8%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(202.3, 42.6%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.6%, 15.8%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(67.07, -9.38, -21.88)

LCH

lch(67.07, 23.81, 246.8)

OKLCH

oklch(71.2%, 0.0736, 235.23)

HWB

hwb(202.3, 45.5%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ca9474

Analogous

#74cabf

#74aaca

#747fca

Triadic

#74aaca

#ca74aa

#aaca74

Split-complementary

#74aaca

#ca747f

#cabf74

Tetradic

#74aaca

#9474ca

#ca9474

#aaca74

Square

#74aaca

#bf74ca

#ca9474

#7fca74

Shades

Color #74aaca mixed toward black.

#4e93bb

#3b769a

#2c5973

#1d3b4d

#0f1e26

Tints

Color #74aaca mixed toward white.

#8bb8d3

#a2c6dc

#bad5e5

#d1e3ed

#e8f1f6

Tones

Color #74aaca mixed toward gray.

#7ba8c3

#82a6bc

#8aa5b5

#91a3ad

#98a1a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8fc3 · ΔE 17.1

Deuteranopia

#8b87c1 · ΔE 18.2

Tritanopia

#77bdbc · ΔE 14.6

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 16.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #74aaca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74aaca]

Related colors

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Frequently asked questions

#74aaca (#74aaca) is rgb(116, 170, 202) in RGB.

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

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