#74bee3

Color #74bee3

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 7.16 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#74bee3

RGB

rgb(116, 190, 227)

HSL

hsl(200, 66.5%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(200, 48.9%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.9%, 16.3%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(73.6, -13.15, -25.59)

LCH

lch(73.6, 28.77, 242.8)

OKLCH

oklch(76.7%, 0.0909, 231.34)

HWB

hwb(200, 45.5%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e39974

Analogous

#74e3d1

#74bee3

#7487e3

Triadic

#74bee3

#e374be

#bee374

Split-complementary

#74bee3

#e37487

#e3d174

Tetradic

#74bee3

#9974e3

#e39974

#bee374

Square

#74bee3

#d174e3

#e39974

#87e374

Shades

Color #74bee3 mixed toward black.

#45a8d9

#268cbe

#1d698f

#13465f

#0a2330

Tints

Color #74bee3 mixed toward white.

#8bc9e8

#a2d4ec

#badff1

#d1e9f6

#e8f4fa

Tones

Color #74bee3 mixed toward gray.

#7dbbda

#87b8d1

#90b5c7

#99b2be

#a2afb5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9adb · ΔE 19.6

Deuteranopia

#958fd9 · ΔE 21.4

Tritanopia

#79d4d2 · ΔE 15.3

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 18.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #74bee3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74bee3]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#74bee3 (#74bee3) is rgb(116, 190, 227) in RGB.

No, #74bee3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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