#74bbc7

Color #74bbc7

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 11.87 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#74bbc7

RGB

rgb(116, 187, 199)

HSL

hsl(188.7, 42.6%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.7, 41.7%, 78%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.7%, 6%, 0%, 22%)

LAB

lab(71.81, -19.16, -13.06)

LCH

lch(71.81, 23.19, 214.28)

OKLCH

oklch(75%, 0.0733, 209.33)

HWB

hwb(188.7, 45.5%, 22%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c78074

Analogous

#74c7aa

#74bbc7

#7492c7

Triadic

#74bbc7

#c774bb

#bbc774

Split-complementary

#74bbc7

#c77492

#c7aa74

Tetradic

#74bbc7

#8074c7

#c78074

#bbc774

Square

#74bbc7

#aa74c7

#c78074

#92c774

Shades

Color #74bbc7 mixed toward black.

#4fa9b8

#3c8996

#2d6770

#1e444b

#0f2225

Tints

Color #74bbc7 mixed toward white.

#8bc6d0

#a2d2da

#badde3

#d1e8ec

#e8f4f6

Tones

Color #74bbc7 mixed toward gray.

#7bb6c0

#82b1b9

#89acb2

#90a7ab

#97a3a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9899c4 · ΔE 24

Deuteranopia

#948ec4 · ΔE 26

Tritanopia

#79c2c1 · ΔE 5.6

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 18.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #74bbc7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74bbc7]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#74bbc7 (#74bbc7) is rgb(116, 187, 199) in RGB.

No, #74bbc7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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