#74dcff

Color #74dcff

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 8.58 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#74dcff

RGB

rgb(116, 220, 255)

HSL

hsl(195.1, 100%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195.1, 54.5%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.5%, 13.7%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(82.97, -20.74, -26.25)

LCH

lch(82.97, 33.45, 231.69)

OKLCH

oklch(84.5%, 0.1081, 222.41)

HWB

hwb(195.1, 45.5%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ff9774

Analogous

#74ffdc

#74dcff

#7496ff

Triadic

#74dcff

#ff74dc

#dcff74

Split-complementary

#74dcff

#ff7496

#ffdc74

Tetradic

#74dcff

#9774ff

#ff9774

#dcff74

Square

#74dcff

#dc74ff

#ff9774

#96ff74

Shades

Color #74dcff mixed toward black.

#36ccff

#00b9f7

#008bb9

#005c7c

#002e3e

Tints

Color #74dcff mixed toward white.

#8be2ff

#a2e8ff

#b9edff

#d1f3ff

#e8f9ff

Tones

Color #74dcff mixed toward gray.

#7fd6f3

#8bd0e8

#97cbdc

#a2c5d1

#aebfc5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#abacf7 · ΔE 24.2

Deuteranopia

#a59df5 · ΔE 26.8

Tritanopia

#7cf1ef · ΔE 13.4

Achromatopsia

#cfcfcf · ΔE 20.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #74dcff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74dcff]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#74dcff (#74dcff) is rgb(116, 220, 255) in RGB.

No, #74dcff 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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