#74b8ce

Color #74b8ce

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 8.78 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#74b8ce

RGB

rgb(116, 184, 206)

HSL

hsl(194.7, 47.9%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.7, 43.7%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.7%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(71.18, -15.76, -17.84)

LCH

lch(71.18, 23.8, 228.54)

OKLCH

oklch(74.5%, 0.0757, 220.55)

HWB

hwb(194.7, 45.5%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ce8a74

Analogous

#74ceb7

#74b8ce

#748bce

Triadic

#74b8ce

#ce74b8

#b8ce74

Split-complementary

#74b8ce

#ce748b

#ceb774

Tetradic

#74b8ce

#8a74ce

#ce8a74

#b8ce74

Square

#74b8ce

#b774ce

#ce8a74

#8bce74

Shades

Color #74b8ce mixed toward black.

#4ca4c0

#38859f

#2a6477

#1c434f

#0e2128

Tints

Color #74b8ce mixed toward white.

#8bc4d6

#a2d0de

#b9dbe6

#d1e7ef

#e8f3f7

Tones

Color #74b8ce mixed toward gray.

#7bb4c6

#83b0bf

#8aacb7

#92a9b0

#99a5a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9697c9 · ΔE 21.5

Deuteranopia

#928dc8 · ΔE 22.9

Tritanopia

#79c5c4 · ΔE 9.9

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 17.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #74b8ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74b8ce]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#74b8ce (#74b8ce) is rgb(116, 184, 206) in RGB.

No, #74b8ce is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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