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#74FFFF

#74ffff ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#74ffff 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 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 54.51% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 180°, 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 17.49:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 2.7.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#66ffff
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Relative luminance0.8245

Complementary

  1. #74ffff
  2. #ff7474

Split complementary

  1. #74ffff
  2. #ff74ba
  3. #ffba74

Analogous

  1. #74ffba
  2. #74ffff
  3. #74baff

Triadic

  1. #74ffff
  2. #ff74ff
  3. #ffff74

Tetradic

  1. #74ffff
  2. #7474ff
  3. #ff7474
  4. #ffff74

Square

  1. #74ffff
  2. #ba74ff
  3. #ff7474
  4. #baff74

Monochromatic

  1. #00dada
  2. #28ffff
  3. #74ffff
  4. #c1ffff
  5. #ebffff

Shades

#74ffff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #74ffff
  2. #68e6e6
  3. #5dcccc
  4. #51b3b3
  5. #469999
  6. #3a8080
  7. #2e6666
  8. #234d4d
  9. #173333
  10. #0c1a1a
  11. #000000

Tints

#74ffff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #74ffff
  2. #82ffff
  3. #90ffff
  4. #9effff
  5. #acffff
  6. #baffff
  7. #c7ffff
  8. #d5ffff
  9. #e3ffff
  10. #f1ffff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#74ffff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #74ffff
  2. #75f2f2
  3. #76e6e6
  4. #78d9d9
  5. #79cccc
  6. #7ac0c0
  7. #7bb3b3
  8. #7ca6a6
  9. #7e9999
  10. #7f8d8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #eaeaea ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6f3f3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f0f4ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9e3ff ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ffff ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cbf9ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b9efff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3effff ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-74ffff {
  color: #74ffff;
}
Background
.bg-74ffff {
  background-color: #74ffff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-74ffff {
  border: 2px solid #74ffff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #74ffff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 116 255 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 180 100% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-74ffff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #74ffff, #74baff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-74ffff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(116 255 255 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 2.70 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 3.76 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 3.76 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 6.32 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 6.66 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 7.44 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 8.28 #8b0000 Inverted #eaeaea Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#74ffff  rgb(116, 255, 255)  hsl(180, 100%, 73%)  Electric Blue
#ff7474  rgb(255, 116, 116)  hsl(0, 100%, 73%)  Light Coral
#ff74ff  rgb(255, 116, 255)  hsl(300, 100%, 73%)  Fuchsia Pink
#ffff74  rgb(255, 255, 116)  hsl(60, 100%, 73%)  Laser Lemon