#74c5c5

Color #74c5c5

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Medium Turquoise #48d1cc · ΔE 12.85 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 10.6

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Conversions

HEX

#74c5c5

RGB

rgb(116, 197, 197)

HSL

hsl(180, 41.1%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 41.1%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.1%, 0%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(74.62, -24.72, -7.78)

LCH

lch(74.62, 25.92, 197.47)

OKLCH

oklch(77.2%, 0.0795, 195.61)

HWB

hwb(180, 45.5%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c57474

Analogous

#74c59d

#74c5c5

#749dc5

Triadic

#74c5c5

#c574c5

#c5c574

Split-complementary

#74c5c5

#c5749d

#c59d74

Tetradic

#74c5c5

#7474c5

#c57474

#c5c574

Square

#74c5c5

#9d74c5

#c57474

#9dc574

Shades

Color #74c5c5 mixed toward black.

#4fb6b6

#3d9393

#2e6e6e

#1f4a4a

#0f2525

Tints

Color #74c5c5 mixed toward white.

#8bcfcf

#a2d8d8

#bae2e2

#d1ecec

#e8f5f5

Tones

Color #74c5c5 mixed toward gray.

#7bbebe

#82b8b8

#88b1b1

#8faaaa

#96a3a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.54:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9ec5 · ΔE 27

Deuteranopia

#9993c5 · ΔE 29.3

Tritanopia

#7ac5c5 · ΔE 0.8

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #74c5c5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74c5c5]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#74c5c5 (#74c5c5) is rgb(116, 197, 197) in RGB.

No, #74c5c5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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