#74aaac

Color #74aaac

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 5.6 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 11.9

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Conversions

HEX

#74aaac

RGB

rgb(116, 170, 172)

HSL

hsl(182.1, 25.2%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(182.1, 32.6%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.6%, 1.2%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(66.09, -17.14, -6.7)

LCH

lch(66.09, 18.4, 201.35)

OKLCH

oklch(70.1%, 0.0568, 198.91)

HWB

hwb(182.1, 45.5%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ac7674

Analogous

#74ac92

#74aaac

#748eac

Triadic

#74aaac

#ac74aa

#aaac74

Split-complementary

#74aaac

#ac748e

#ac9274

Tetradic

#74aaac

#7674ac

#ac7674

#aaac74

Square

#74aaac

#9274ac

#ac7674

#8eac74

Shades

Color #74aaac mixed toward black.

#5a9496

#487778

#36595a

#243b3c

#121e1e

Tints

Color #74aaac mixed toward white.

#8bb8ba

#a2c6c8

#bad5d6

#d1e3e3

#e8f1f1

Tones

Color #74aaac mixed toward gray.

#79a6a7

#7da1a3

#829d9e

#879999

#8b9495

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8fac · ΔE 23.5

Deuteranopia

#8b87ab · ΔE 25.9

Tritanopia

#77abab · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 16.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #74aaac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74aaac]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#74aaac (#74aaac) is rgb(116, 170, 172) in RGB.

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

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