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#74C8CB

#74c8cb ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#74c8cb is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 45.49% red, 78.43% green and 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.86% cyan, 1.48% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 182.07°, with 45.55% saturation and 62.55% 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 10.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 5.89.

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Web safe#66cccc
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Relative luminance0.4933

Complementary

  1. #74c8cb
  2. #cb7774

Split complementary

  1. #74c8cb
  2. #cb749d
  3. #cba374

Analogous

  1. #74cba3
  2. #74c8cb
  3. #749dcb

Triadic

  1. #74c8cb
  2. #cb74c8
  3. #c8cb74

Tetradic

  1. #74c8cb
  2. #7774cb
  3. #cb7774
  4. #c8cb74

Square

  1. #74c8cb
  2. #a374cb
  3. #cb7774
  4. #9dcb74

Monochromatic

  1. #2d7679
  2. #42adb0
  3. #74c8cb
  4. #acdee0
  5. #e3f4f5

Shades

#74c8cb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #74c8cb
  2. #68b4b7
  3. #5da0a2
  4. #518c8e
  5. #46787a
  6. #3a6466
  7. #2e5051
  8. #233c3d
  9. #172829
  10. #0c1414
  11. #000000

Tints

#74c8cb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #74c8cb
  2. #82ced0
  3. #90d3d5
  4. #9ed9db
  5. #acdee0
  6. #bae4e5
  7. #c7e9ea
  8. #d5efef
  9. #e3f4f5
  10. #f1fafa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#74c8cb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #74c8cb
  2. #75c1c4
  3. #76babc
  4. #78b2b5
  5. #79abad
  6. #7aa4a6
  7. #7b9d9e
  8. #7c9697
  9. #7e8e8f
  10. #7f8788
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3c0c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bec1cb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aeb6cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #4acdc9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5c4cb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9abdcb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5ecbca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-74c8cb {
  color: #74c8cb;
}
Background
.bg-74c8cb {
  background-color: #74c8cb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-74c8cb {
  border: 2px solid #74c8cb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #74c8cb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 116 200 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 182 46% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-74c8cb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #74c8cb, #749dcb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-74c8cb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(116 200 203 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 5.89 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 6.34 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 6.61 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 8.00 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 8.46 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 9.63 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 9.89 #8b3734 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#74c8cb  rgb(116, 200, 203)  hsl(182, 46%, 63%)  Medium Turquoise
#cb7774  rgb(203, 119, 116)  hsl(2, 46%, 63%)  Old Rose
#cb74c8  rgb(203, 116, 200)  hsl(302, 46%, 63%)  Orchid
#c8cb74  rgb(200, 203, 116)  hsl(62, 46%, 63%)  Dark Khaki