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#74FFFD

#74fffd ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#74fffd is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 45.49% red, 100% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 54.51% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.78% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 179.14°, with 100% saturation and 72.75% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 17.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 3.27.

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Relative luminance0.8232

Complementary

  1. #74fffd
  2. #ff7476

Split complementary

  1. #74fffd
  2. #ff74bc
  3. #ffb874

Analogous

  1. #74ffb8
  2. #74fffd
  3. #74bcff

Triadic

  1. #74fffd
  2. #fd74ff
  3. #fffd74

Tetradic

  1. #74fffd
  2. #7476ff
  3. #ff7476
  4. #fffd74

Square

  1. #74fffd
  2. #b874ff
  3. #ff7476
  4. #bcff74

Monochromatic

  1. #00dad7
  2. #28fffc
  3. #74fffd
  4. #c1fffe
  5. #ebffff

Shades

#74fffd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #74fffd
  2. #68e6e4
  3. #5dccca
  4. #51b3b1
  5. #469998
  6. #3a807f
  7. #2e6665
  8. #234d4c
  9. #173333
  10. #0c1a19
  11. #000000

Tints

#74fffd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #74fffd
  2. #82fffd
  3. #90fffd
  4. #9efffe
  5. #acfffe
  6. #bafffe
  7. #c7fffe
  8. #d5fffe
  9. #e3ffff
  10. #f1ffff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#74fffd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #74fffd
  2. #75f2f1
  3. #76e6e4
  4. #78d9d8
  5. #79cccb
  6. #7ac0bf
  7. #7bb3b2
  8. #7ca6a6
  9. #7e9999
  10. #7f8d8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #eaeaea ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6f3f2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f1f4fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dae3fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00fffe ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cbf8fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #baeffe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3ffffe ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-74fffd {
  color: #74fffd;
}
Background
.bg-74fffd {
  background-color: #74fffd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-74fffd {
  border: 2px solid #74fffd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #74fffd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 116 255 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 179 100% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-74fffd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #74fffd, #74bcff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-74fffd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(116 255 253 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 3.27 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 3.69 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 3.69 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 6.10 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 6.46 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 7.09 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 8.40 #8b0002 Inverted #eaeaea Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#74fffd  rgb(116, 255, 253)  hsl(179, 100%, 73%)  Electric Blue
#ff7476  rgb(255, 116, 118)  hsl(359, 100%, 73%)  Light Coral
#fd74ff  rgb(253, 116, 255)  hsl(299, 100%, 73%)  Fuchsia Pink
#fffd74  rgb(255, 253, 116)  hsl(59, 100%, 73%)  Laser Lemon