#74cedd

Color #74cedd

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 9.93 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#74cedd

RGB

rgb(116, 206, 221)

HSL

hsl(188.6, 60.7%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.6, 47.5%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.5%, 6.8%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(77.92, -23.02, -15.8)

LCH

lch(77.92, 27.92, 214.46)

OKLCH

oklch(80.1%, 0.0887, 209.42)

HWB

hwb(188.6, 45.5%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dd8374

Analogous

#74ddb8

#74cedd

#749add

Triadic

#74cedd

#dd74ce

#cedd74

Split-complementary

#74cedd

#dd749a

#ddb874

Tetradic

#74cedd

#8374dd

#dd8374

#cedd74

Square

#74cedd

#b874dd

#dd8374

#9add74

Shades

Color #74cedd mixed toward black.

#47bed2

#2ca1b5

#217987

#16515a

#0b282d

Tints

Color #74cedd mixed toward white.

#8bd6e3

#a2dee8

#bae6ee

#d1eff4

#e8f7f9

Tones

Color #74cedd mixed toward gray.

#7dc8d4

#86c2cc

#8ebbc3

#97b5ba

#a0afb1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a4d9 · ΔE 25.4

Deuteranopia

#9e97d9 · ΔE 27.8

Tritanopia

#7bd7d6 · ΔE 6.4

Achromatopsia

#c1c1c1 · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #74cedd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74cedd]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#74cedd (#74cedd) is rgb(116, 206, 221) in RGB.

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

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