#74baba

Color #74baba

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.24 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 10.6

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Conversions

HEX

#74baba

RGB

rgb(116, 186, 186)

HSL

hsl(180, 33.7%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 37.6%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.6%, 0%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(71.13, -21.94, -6.96)

LCH

lch(71.13, 23.02, 197.6)

OKLCH

oklch(74.3%, 0.0707, 195.77)

HWB

hwb(180, 45.5%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ba7474

Analogous

#74ba97

#74baba

#7497ba

Triadic

#74baba

#ba74ba

#baba74

Split-complementary

#74baba

#ba7497

#ba9774

Tetradic

#74baba

#7474ba

#ba7474

#baba74

Square

#74baba

#9774ba

#ba7474

#97ba74

Shades

Color #74baba mixed toward black.

#53a8a8

#438787

#326565

#214343

#112222

Tints

Color #74baba mixed toward white.

#8bc6c6

#a2d1d1

#b9dddd

#d1e8e8

#e8f4f4

Tones

Color #74baba mixed toward gray.

#7ab4b4

#80aeae

#85a8a8

#8ba3a3

#919d9d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9798ba · ΔE 25.7

Deuteranopia

#938eba · ΔE 28.2

Tritanopia

#79baba · ΔE 0.8

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 18.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #74baba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74baba]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#74baba (#74baba) is rgb(116, 186, 186) in RGB.

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

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