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#74EEEA

#74eeea ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#74eeea is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 45.49% red, 93.33% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 51.26% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.68% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 178.03°, with 78.21% saturation and 69.41% 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 15.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 4.29.

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Web safe#66ffff
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Relative luminance0.708

Complementary

  1. #74eeea
  2. #ee7478

Split complementary

  1. #74eeea
  2. #ee74b5
  3. #eead74

Analogous

  1. #74eead
  2. #74eeea
  3. #74b5ee

Triadic

  1. #74eeea
  2. #ea74ee
  3. #eeea74

Tetradic

  1. #74eeea
  2. #7478ee
  3. #ee7478
  4. #eeea74

Square

  1. #74eeea
  2. #ad74ee
  3. #ee7478
  4. #b5ee74

Monochromatic

  1. #16b3ae
  2. #30e6e0
  3. #74eeea
  4. #b8f6f4
  5. #edfdfc

Shades

#74eeea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #74eeea
  2. #68d6d3
  3. #5dbebb
  4. #51a7a4
  5. #468f8c
  6. #3a7775
  7. #2e5f5e
  8. #234746
  9. #17302f
  10. #0c1817
  11. #000000

Tints

#74eeea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #74eeea
  2. #82f0ec
  3. #90f1ee
  4. #9ef3f0
  5. #acf5f2
  6. #baf7f5
  7. #c7f8f7
  8. #d5faf9
  9. #e3fcfb
  10. #f1fdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#74eeea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #74eeea
  2. #75e3df
  3. #76d8d5
  4. #78cdca
  5. #79c2c0
  6. #7ab7b5
  7. #7bacaa
  8. #7ca1a0
  9. #7e9695
  10. #7f8b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dbdbdb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbe3e1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e2e4ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdd5eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #13f4ec ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c0e8ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1dfeb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4df2eb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-74eeea {
  color: #74eeea;
}
Background
.bg-74eeea {
  background-color: #74eeea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-74eeea {
  border: 2px solid #74eeea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #74eeea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 116 238 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 178 78% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-74eeea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #74eeea, #74b5ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-74eeea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(116 238 234 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 4.29 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 5.21 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 5.46 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 5.46 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 6.25 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 6.76 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 7.14 #8b1115 Inverted #dbdbdb Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#74eeea  rgb(116, 238, 234)  hsl(178, 78%, 69%)  Electric Blue
#ee7478  rgb(238, 116, 120)  hsl(358, 78%, 69%)  Light Coral
#ea74ee  rgb(234, 116, 238)  hsl(298, 78%, 69%)  Violet
#eeea74  rgb(238, 234, 116)  hsl(58, 78%, 69%)  Straw