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#74BECE

#74bece ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#74bece is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 45.49% red, 74.51% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.69% cyan, 7.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 190.67°, with 47.87% saturation and 63.14% 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 10:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 6.58.

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Relative luminance0.45

Complementary

  1. #74bece
  2. #ce8474

Split complementary

  1. #74bece
  2. #ce7491
  3. #ceb174

Analogous

  1. #74ceb1
  2. #74bece
  3. #7491ce

Triadic

  1. #74bece
  2. #ce74be
  3. #bece74

Tetradic

  1. #74bece
  2. #8474ce
  3. #ce8474
  4. #bece74

Square

  1. #74bece
  2. #b174ce
  3. #ce8474
  4. #91ce74

Monochromatic

  1. #2c6f7d
  2. #40a1b6
  3. #74bece
  4. #add8e2
  5. #e5f3f6

Shades

#74bece mixed progressively with black.

  1. #74bece
  2. #68abb9
  3. #5d98a5
  4. #518590
  5. #46727c
  6. #3a5f67
  7. #2e4c52
  8. #23393e
  9. #172629
  10. #0c1315
  11. #000000

Tints

#74bece mixed progressively with white.

  1. #74bece
  2. #82c5d3
  3. #90cbd8
  4. #9ed2dd
  5. #acd8e2
  6. #badfe7
  7. #c7e5eb
  8. #d5ecf0
  9. #e3f2f5
  10. #f1f9fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#74bece mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #74bece
  2. #75b8c6
  3. #76b2be
  4. #78abb7
  5. #79a5af
  6. #7a9fa7
  7. #7b999f
  8. #7c9397
  9. #7e8c90
  10. #7f8688
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9eb7be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b1b9cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3aece ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #4ac5c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9dbbcf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #93b5ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5ec2c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-74bece {
  color: #74bece;
}
Background
.bg-74bece {
  background-color: #74bece;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-74bece {
  border: 2px solid #74bece;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #74bece;
  --color-primary-rgb: 116 190 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 48% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-74bece {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #74bece, #7491ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-74bece {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(116 190 206 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.58 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.74 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.84 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 8.84 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 9.46 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 10.40 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 10.42 #8b4131 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#74bece  rgb(116, 190, 206)  hsl(191, 48%, 63%)  Sky Blue
#ce8474  rgb(206, 132, 116)  hsl(11, 48%, 63%)  Terra Cotta
#ce74be  rgb(206, 116, 190)  hsl(311, 48%, 63%)  Sky Magenta
#bece74  rgb(190, 206, 116)  hsl(71, 48%, 63%)  June Bud