#74aba6

Color #74aba6

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 6.62 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#74aba6

RGB

rgb(116, 171, 166)

HSL

hsl(174.5, 24.7%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(174.5, 32.2%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.2%, 0%, 2.9%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(66.21, -19.1, -3.19)

LCH

lch(66.21, 19.36, 189.48)

OKLCH

oklch(70.2%, 0.0583, 188.78)

HWB

hwb(174.5, 45.5%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ab7479

Analogous

#74ab8b

#74aba6

#7495ab

Triadic

#74aba6

#a674ab

#aba674

Split-complementary

#74aba6

#ab7495

#ab8b74

Tetradic

#74aba6

#7479ab

#ab7479

#aba674

Square

#74aba6

#8b74ab

#ab7479

#95ab74

Shades

Color #74aba6 mixed toward black.

#5a9590

#487773

#365a56

#243c3a

#121e1d

Tints

Color #74aba6 mixed toward white.

#8bb9b5

#a2c7c4

#bad5d3

#d1e3e1

#e8f1f0

Tones

Color #74aba6 mixed toward gray.

#79a7a2

#7da29f

#829d9b

#869997

#8b9493

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f90a7 · ΔE 23.5

Deuteranopia

#8c88a8 · ΔE 27

Tritanopia

#78a8a8 · ΔE 2.8

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 17.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #74aba6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74aba6]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#74aba6 (#74aba6) is rgb(116, 171, 166) in RGB.

No, #74aba6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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