#74cfea

Color #74cfea

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 5.22 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#74cfea

RGB

rgb(116, 207, 234)

HSL

hsl(193.7, 73.7%, 68.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193.7, 50.4%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.4%, 11.5%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(78.62, -20.01, -21.71)

LCH

lch(78.62, 29.52, 227.33)

OKLCH

oklch(80.8%, 0.0949, 219.31)

HWB

hwb(193.7, 45.5%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ea8f74

Analogous

#74eaca

#74cfea

#7494ea

Triadic

#74cfea

#ea74cf

#cfea74

Split-complementary

#74cfea

#ea7494

#eaca74

Tetradic

#74cfea

#8f74ea

#ea8f74

#cfea74

Square

#74cfea

#ca74ea

#ea8f74

#94ea74

Shades

Color #74cfea mixed toward black.

#41bee2

#1fa3cb

#177a98

#0f5265

#082933

Tints

Color #74cfea mixed toward white.

#8bd7ed

#a2dff1

#b9e7f4

#d1eff8

#e8f7fb

Tones

Color #74cfea mixed toward gray.

#7ecae0

#88c4d6

#91bfcc

#9bbac3

#a5b4b9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.86:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a4e4 · ΔE 23.8

Deuteranopia

#9e97e2 · ΔE 25.8

Tritanopia

#7bdfde · ΔE 10.8

Achromatopsia

#c3c3c3 · ΔE 19.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #74cfea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74cfea]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#74cfea (#74cfea) is rgb(116, 207, 234) in RGB.

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

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