#74dbff

Color #74dbff

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 8.4 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#74dbff

RGB

rgb(116, 219, 255)

HSL

hsl(195.5, 100%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195.5, 54.5%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.5%, 14.1%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(82.7, -20.24, -26.68)

LCH

lch(82.7, 33.49, 232.82)

OKLCH

oklch(84.3%, 0.1081, 223.28)

HWB

hwb(195.5, 45.5%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ff9874

Analogous

#74ffdd

#74dbff

#7495ff

Triadic

#74dbff

#ff74db

#dbff74

Split-complementary

#74dbff

#ff7495

#ffdd74

Tetradic

#74dbff

#9874ff

#ff9874

#dbff74

Square

#74dbff

#dd74ff

#ff9874

#95ff74

Shades

Color #74dbff mixed toward black.

#36cbff

#00b7f7

#0089b9

#005c7c

#002e3e

Tints

Color #74dbff mixed toward white.

#8be1ff

#a2e7ff

#b9edff

#d1f3ff

#e8f9ff

Tones

Color #74dbff mixed toward gray.

#7fd5f3

#8bd0e8

#97cadc

#a2c5d1

#aebfc5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#abacf7 · ΔE 23.9

Deuteranopia

#a59cf5 · ΔE 26.7

Tritanopia

#7cf0ef · ΔE 13.4

Achromatopsia

#cecece · ΔE 20.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #74dbff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74dbff]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#74dbff (#74dbff) is rgb(116, 219, 255) in RGB.

No, #74dbff 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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