#74a4ba

Color #74a4ba

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 13.19 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#74a4ba

RGB

rgb(116, 164, 186)

HSL

hsl(198.9, 33.7%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.9, 37.6%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.6%, 11.8%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(64.81, -10.41, -16.43)

LCH

lch(64.81, 19.45, 237.64)

OKLCH

oklch(69.3%, 0.0605, 228.15)

HWB

hwb(198.9, 45.5%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ba8a74

Analogous

#74baad

#74a4ba

#7481ba

Triadic

#74a4ba

#ba74a4

#a4ba74

Split-complementary

#74a4ba

#ba7481

#baad74

Tetradic

#74a4ba

#8a74ba

#ba8a74

#a4ba74

Square

#74a4ba

#ad74ba

#ba8a74

#81ba74

Shades

Color #74a4ba mixed toward black.

#538da8

#437187

#325565

#213943

#111c22

Tints

Color #74a4ba mixed toward white.

#8bb3c6

#a2c2d1

#b9d1dd

#d1e1e8

#e8f0f4

Tones

Color #74a4ba mixed toward gray.

#7aa2b4

#80a0ae

#859da8

#8b9ba3

#91999d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8cb5 · ΔE 18.4

Deuteranopia

#8985b4 · ΔE 19.9

Tritanopia

#77b1b0 · ΔE 11.1

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 15

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Code

CSS

background-color: #74a4ba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74a4ba]

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Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#74a4ba (#74a4ba) is rgb(116, 164, 186) in RGB.

No, #74a4ba is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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