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#74B4C7

#74b4c7 ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#74b4c7 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 45.49% red, 70.59% green and 78.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.71% cyan, 9.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.96% black. Its hue angle is 193.73°, with 42.56% saturation and 61.76% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 4.49.

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Relative luminance0.4048

Complementary

  1. #74b4c7
  2. #c78774

Split complementary

  1. #74b4c7
  2. #c7748a
  3. #c7b074

Analogous

  1. #74c7b0
  2. #74b4c7
  3. #748ac7

Triadic

  1. #74b4c7
  2. #c774b4
  3. #b4c774

Tetradic

  1. #74b4c7
  2. #8774c7
  3. #c78774
  4. #b4c774

Square

  1. #74b4c7
  2. #b074c7
  3. #c78774
  4. #8ac774

Monochromatic

  1. #2f6473
  2. #4493aa
  3. #74b4c7
  4. #abd1dd
  5. #e1eff3

Shades

#74b4c7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #74b4c7
  2. #68a2b3
  3. #5d909f
  4. #517e8b
  5. #466c77
  6. #3a5a64
  7. #2e4850
  8. #23363c
  9. #172428
  10. #0c1214
  11. #000000

Tints

#74b4c7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #74b4c7
  2. #82bccd
  3. #90c3d2
  4. #9ecbd8
  5. #acd2dd
  6. #badae3
  7. #c7e1e9
  8. #d5e9ee
  9. #e3f0f4
  10. #f1f8f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#74b4c7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #74b4c7
  2. #75afc0
  3. #76aab9
  4. #78a4b2
  5. #799fab
  6. #7a9aa4
  7. #7b959c
  8. #7c9095
  9. #7e8a8e
  10. #7f8587
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #98aeb7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a8b0c8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ba6c7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #51bbba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #96b2c8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8dacc7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #61b8bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-74b4c7 {
  color: #74b4c7;
}
Background
.bg-74b4c7 {
  background-color: #74b4c7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-74b4c7 {
  border: 2px solid #74b4c7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #74b4c7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 116 180 199;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 43% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-74b4c7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #74b4c7, #748ac7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-74b4c7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(116 180 199 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 4.49 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.52 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.45 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 9.92 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.09 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.39 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 10.57 #8b4b38 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#74b4c7  rgb(116, 180, 199)  hsl(194, 43%, 62%)  Moonstone Blue
#c78774  rgb(199, 135, 116)  hsl(14, 43%, 62%)  Dark Salmon
#c774b4  rgb(199, 116, 180)  hsl(314, 43%, 62%)  Sky Magenta
#b4c774  rgb(180, 199, 116)  hsl(74, 43%, 62%)  Olivine