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#74EAEB

#74eaeb ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#74eaeb is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 45.49% red, 91.76% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 50.64% cyan, 0.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 180.5°, with 74.84% saturation and 68.82% 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 14.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 3.66.

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Web safe#66ffff
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Relative luminance0.6856

Complementary

  1. #74eaeb
  2. #eb7574

Split complementary

  1. #74eaeb
  2. #eb74ae
  3. #ebb074

Analogous

  1. #74ebb0
  2. #74eaeb
  3. #74aeeb

Triadic

  1. #74eaeb
  2. #eb74ea
  3. #eaeb74

Tetradic

  1. #74eaeb
  2. #7574eb
  3. #eb7574
  4. #eaeb74

Square

  1. #74eaeb
  2. #b074eb
  3. #eb7574
  4. #aeeb74

Monochromatic

  1. #19acad
  2. #31e0e1
  3. #74eaeb
  4. #b7f4f5
  5. #edfcfc

Shades

#74eaeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #74eaeb
  2. #68d3d4
  3. #5dbbbc
  4. #51a4a5
  5. #468c8d
  6. #3a7576
  7. #2e5e5e
  8. #234647
  9. #172f2f
  10. #0c1718
  11. #000000

Tints

#74eaeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #74eaeb
  2. #82eced
  3. #90eeef
  4. #9ef0f1
  5. #acf2f3
  6. #baf5f5
  7. #c7f7f7
  8. #d5f9f9
  9. #e3fbfb
  10. #f1fdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#74eaeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #74eaeb
  2. #75dfe0
  3. #76d5d6
  4. #78cacb
  5. #79c0c0
  6. #7ab5b6
  7. #7baaab
  8. #7ca0a0
  9. #7e9595
  10. #7f8b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d8d8d8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8dfe0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dde1eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9d2ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #15f0ea ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bce4eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #addcec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4deeea ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-74eaeb {
  color: #74eaeb;
}
Background
.bg-74eaeb {
  background-color: #74eaeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-74eaeb {
  border: 2px solid #74eaeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #74eaeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 116 234 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 181 75% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-74eaeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #74eaeb, #74aeeb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-74eaeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(116 234 235 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 3.66 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 6.20 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 6.20 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 6.25 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 6.89 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 6.92 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 7.12 #8b1514 Inverted #d8d8d8 Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#74eaeb  rgb(116, 234, 235)  hsl(181, 75%, 69%)  Electric Blue
#eb7574  rgb(235, 117, 116)  hsl(1, 75%, 69%)  Light Coral
#eb74ea  rgb(235, 116, 234)  hsl(301, 75%, 69%)  Violet
#eaeb74  rgb(234, 235, 116)  hsl(61, 75%, 69%)  Pastel Yellow