#74d4df

Color #74d4df

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 12.77 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#74d4df

RGB

rgb(116, 212, 223)

HSL

hsl(186.2, 62.6%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.2, 48%, 87.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(48%, 4.9%, 0%, 12.5%)

LAB

lab(79.68, -25.47, -14.22)

LCH

lch(79.68, 29.17, 209.17)

OKLCH

oklch(81.5%, 0.0921, 205.2)

HWB

hwb(186.2, 45.5%, 12.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#df7f74

Analogous

#74dfb5

#74d4df

#749fdf

Triadic

#74d4df

#df74d4

#d4df74

Split-complementary

#74d4df

#df749f

#dfb574

Tetradic

#74d4df

#7f74df

#df7f74

#d4df74

Square

#74d4df

#b574df

#df7f74

#9fdf74

Shades

Color #74d4df mixed toward black.

#46c6d4

#2aa9b8

#207f8a

#15555c

#0b2a2e

Tints

Color #74d4df mixed toward white.

#8bdbe4

#a2e2ea

#bae9ef

#d1f1f4

#e8f8fa

Tones

Color #74d4df mixed toward gray.

#7dcdd6

#86c6cd

#8fbfc4

#98b8bb

#a1b1b2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7dc · ΔE 26.9

Deuteranopia

#a199dc · ΔE 29.4

Tritanopia

#7bdada · ΔE 4.3

Achromatopsia

#c5c5c5 · ΔE 20.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #74d4df;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74d4df]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#74d4df (#74d4df) is rgb(116, 212, 223) in RGB.

No, #74d4df 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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