All About Color #74B5BE

#74B5BE

About #74B5BE

#74B5BE is a light cyan color with the hex code #74B5BE. In RGB it is red 116, green 181, blue 190; in HSL it is hue 187°, saturation 36%, lightness 60%; in CMYK it is 39%, 5%, 0%, 25%. Its contrast ratio is 2.31:1 on white and 9.10:1 on black.

#74B5BE Color Conversion

Hex triplet74, B5, BE
CMYK38.95%, 4.74%, 0.00%, 25.49%
RGB Decimal116, 181, 190
HSL187°, 36%, 60%
RGB Octal164, 265, 276
HSV (HSB)187.30°, 38.95%, 74.51%
RGB Binary1110100, 10110101, 10111110
CIE-L*AB69.81, -18.37, -11.13
RGB Percent45.49%, 70.98%, 74.51%
CIE-L*CH69.81, 21.48, 211.21
XYZ33.02, 40.48, 54.79
CIE-L*UV69.81, -30.55, -14.08
xyY0.26, 0.32, 40.48
Hunter-Lab63.62, -18.70, -6.52
RYB45.49%, 59.06%, 74.51%

Color Accessibility Scores

#74B5BE on a dark background: contrast 9.10:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#74B5BE on a light background: contrast 2.31:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #74B5BE, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#74B5BE · #B3D6DB · #458992 · #BE7D74 · #DBB7B3

Analogous palette

#74BE7D · #74BEA2 · #74B5BE · #7490BE · #7D74BE

Triadic palette

#74B5BE · #BE74B5 · #B5BE74 · #B3D6DB · #DBB3D6

Tetradic palette

#74B5BE · #A274BE · #BE7D74 · #90BE74 · #458992

Monochromatic palette

#316268 · #49929C · #74B5BE · #A8D1D6 · #DCEDEF

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