#74c6cd

Color #74c6cd

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 13.61 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#74c6cd

RGB

rgb(116, 198, 205)

HSL

hsl(184.7, 47.1%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.7, 43.4%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.4%, 3.4%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(75.14, -23.19, -11.33)

LCH

lch(75.14, 25.81, 206.04)

OKLCH

oklch(77.7%, 0.0808, 202.72)

HWB

hwb(184.7, 45.5%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cd7b74

Analogous

#74cda7

#74c6cd

#7499cd

Triadic

#74c6cd

#cd74c6

#c6cd74

Split-complementary

#74c6cd

#cd7499

#cda774

Tetradic

#74c6cd

#7b74cd

#cd7b74

#c6cd74

Square

#74c6cd

#a774cd

#cd7b74

#99cd74

Shades

Color #74c6cd mixed toward black.

#4db6bf

#39959d

#2a7076

#1c4b4f

#0e2527

Tints

Color #74c6cd mixed toward white.

#8bcfd5

#a2d9de

#b9e2e6

#d1ecee

#e8f5f7

Tones

Color #74c6cd mixed toward gray.

#7bc0c6

#83b9be

#8ab3b7

#92adaf

#99a7a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9fcb · ΔE 25.9

Deuteranopia

#9a93cb · ΔE 28.4

Tritanopia

#7acaca · ΔE 2.9

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 19.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #74c6cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74c6cd]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#74c6cd (#74c6cd) is rgb(116, 198, 205) in RGB.

No, #74c6cd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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