#74ecef

Color #74ecef

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Medium Turquoise #48d1cc · ΔE 11.57 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#74ecef

RGB

rgb(116, 236, 239)

HSL

hsl(181.5, 79.4%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(181.5, 51.5%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.5%, 1.3%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(86.96, -32.85, -11.8)

LCH

lch(86.96, 34.91, 199.76)

OKLCH

oklch(87.5%, 0.1081, 197.55)

HWB

hwb(181.5, 45.5%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ef7774

Analogous

#74efb5

#74ecef

#74aeef

Triadic

#74ecef

#ef74ec

#ecef74

Split-complementary

#74ecef

#ef74ae

#efb574

Tetradic

#74ecef

#7774ef

#ef7774

#ecef74

Square

#74ecef

#b574ef

#ef7774

#aeef74

Shades

Color #74ecef mixed toward black.

#3fe5e9

#18d0d4

#129c9f

#0c686a

#063435

Tints

Color #74ecef mixed toward white.

#8beff2

#a2f2f4

#b9f5f7

#d1f9fa

#e8fcfc

Tones

Color #74ecef mixed toward gray.

#7ee2e5

#88d8db

#93cfd0

#9dc5c6

#a7bbbc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.99:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b6ee · ΔE 29.7

Deuteranopia

#aea5ee · ΔE 33.4

Tritanopia

#7eeeee · ΔE 1.3

Achromatopsia

#dadada · ΔE 22.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #74ecef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74ecef]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#74ecef (#74ecef) is rgb(116, 236, 239) in RGB.

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

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