#74c1cb

Color #74c1cb

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 12.19 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#74c1cb

RGB

rgb(116, 193, 203)

HSL

hsl(186.9, 45.5%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.9, 42.9%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.9%, 4.9%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(73.65, -21.18, -12.48)

LCH

lch(73.65, 24.58, 210.51)

OKLCH

oklch(76.5%, 0.0774, 206.3)

HWB

hwb(186.9, 45.5%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cb7e74

Analogous

#74cba9

#74c1cb

#7495cb

Triadic

#74c1cb

#cb74c1

#c1cb74

Split-complementary

#74c1cb

#cb7495

#cba974

Tetradic

#74c1cb

#7e74cb

#cb7e74

#c1cb74

Square

#74c1cb

#a974cb

#cb7e74

#95cb74

Shades

Color #74c1cb mixed toward black.

#4db0bc

#3a8f9b

#2b6c74

#1d484d

#0e2427

Tints

Color #74c1cb mixed toward white.

#8bcbd4

#a2d6dc

#b9e0e5

#d1eaee

#e8f5f6

Tones

Color #74c1cb mixed toward gray.

#7bbbc4

#82b6bc

#8ab0b5

#91abae

#98a5a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9cc9 · ΔE 25

Deuteranopia

#9791c8 · ΔE 27.1

Tritanopia

#79c7c6 · ΔE 4.6

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 19

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Code

CSS

background-color: #74c1cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74c1cb]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#74c1cb (#74c1cb) is rgb(116, 193, 203) in RGB.

No, #74c1cb 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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