#749aa1

Color #749aa1

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.4 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#749aa1

RGB

rgb(116, 154, 161)

HSL

hsl(189.3, 19.3%, 54.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(189.3, 28%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(28%, 4.3%, 0%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(61.13, -11.29, -7.9)

LCH

lch(61.13, 13.78, 214.98)

OKLCH

oklch(66.1%, 0.0429, 210.09)

HWB

hwb(189.3, 45.5%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a17b74

Analogous

#74a191

#749aa1

#7483a1

Triadic

#749aa1

#a1749a

#9aa174

Split-complementary

#749aa1

#a17483

#a19174

Tetradic

#749aa1

#7b74a1

#a17b74

#9aa174

Square

#749aa1

#9174a1

#a17b74

#83a174

Shades

Color #749aa1 mixed toward black.

#5d838a

#4a696e

#384e53

#253437

#131a1c

Tints

Color #749aa1 mixed toward white.

#8babb1

#a2bcc0

#b9ccd0

#d1dde0

#e8eeef

Tones

Color #749aa1 mixed toward gray.

#78979d

#7b9599

#7f9296

#839092

#878d8e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.88:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#86869f · ΔE 19

Deuteranopia

#84819f · ΔE 21.3

Tritanopia

#769e9e · ΔE 3.7

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 13.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #749aa1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#749aa1]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#749aa1 (#749aa1) is rgb(116, 154, 161) in RGB.

No, #749aa1 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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