#74aaa5

Color #74aaa5

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 6.47 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 11

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Conversions

HEX

#74aaa5

RGB

rgb(116, 170, 165)

HSL

hsl(174.4, 24.1%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(174.4, 31.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.8%, 0%, 2.9%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(65.89, -18.82, -3.1)

LCH

lch(65.89, 19.07, 189.35)

OKLCH

oklch(69.9%, 0.0573, 188.62)

HWB

hwb(174.4, 45.5%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa7479

Analogous

#74aa8a

#74aaa5

#7494aa

Triadic

#74aaa5

#a574aa

#aaa574

Split-complementary

#74aaa5

#aa7494

#aa8a74

Tetradic

#74aaa5

#7479aa

#aa7479

#aaa574

Square

#74aaa5

#8a74aa

#aa7479

#94aa74

Shades

Color #74aaa5 mixed toward black.

#5a948f

#487672

#365956

#243b39

#121e1d

Tints

Color #74aaa5 mixed toward white.

#8bb8b4

#a2c6c3

#bad5d2

#d1e3e1

#e8f1f0

Tones

Color #74aaa5 mixed toward gray.

#79a6a1

#7da19e

#829d9a

#869896

#8b9493

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8fa6 · ΔE 23.8

Deuteranopia

#8b87a7 · ΔE 26.9

Tritanopia

#77a7a7 · ΔE 2.7

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 17.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #74aaa5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74aaa5]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#74aaa5 (#74aaa5) is rgb(116, 170, 165) in RGB.

No, #74aaa5 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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