#74aba7

Color #74aba7

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 6.34 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 11.1

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Conversions

HEX

#74aba7

RGB

rgb(116, 171, 167)

HSL

hsl(175.6, 24.7%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(175.6, 32.2%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.2%, 0%, 2.3%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(66.23, -18.87, -3.71)

LCH

lch(66.23, 19.23, 191.12)

OKLCH

oklch(70.2%, 0.058, 190.23)

HWB

hwb(175.6, 45.5%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ab7478

Analogous

#74ab8c

#74aba7

#7494ab

Triadic

#74aba7

#a774ab

#aba774

Split-complementary

#74aba7

#ab7494

#ab8c74

Tetradic

#74aba7

#7478ab

#ab7478

#aba774

Square

#74aba7

#8c74ab

#ab7478

#94ab74

Shades

Color #74aba7 mixed toward black.

#5a9591

#487774

#365a57

#243c3a

#121e1d

Tints

Color #74aba7 mixed toward white.

#8bb9b6

#a2c7c4

#bad5d3

#d1e3e2

#e8f1f0

Tones

Color #74aba7 mixed toward gray.

#79a7a3

#7da29f

#829d9b

#869997

#8b9493

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f90a8 · ΔE 23.6

Deuteranopia

#8c88a8 · ΔE 26.8

Tritanopia

#78a9a9 · ΔE 2.3

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 17.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #74aba7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74aba7]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Turquoise #40e0d0

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#74aba7 (#74aba7) is rgb(116, 171, 167) in RGB.

No, #74aba7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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