All About Color #74B8BE

#74B8BE

About #74B8BE

#74B8BE is a light cyan color with the hex code #74B8BE. In RGB it is red 116, green 184, blue 190; in HSL it is hue 185°, saturation 36%, lightness 60%; in CMYK it is 39%, 3%, 0%, 25%. Its contrast ratio is 2.25:1 on white and 9.34:1 on black.

#74B8BE Color Conversion

Hex triplet74, B8, BE
CMYK38.95%, 3.16%, 0.00%, 25.49%
RGB Decimal116, 184, 190
HSL185°, 36%, 60%
RGB Octal164, 270, 276
HSV (HSB)184.86°, 38.95%, 74.51%
RGB Binary1110100, 10111000, 10111110
CIE-L*AB70.67, -19.92, -9.84
RGB Percent45.49%, 72.16%, 74.51%
CIE-L*CH70.67, 22.21, 206.30
XYZ33.64, 41.71, 54.99
CIE-L*UV70.67, -31.79, -11.85
xyY0.26, 0.32, 41.71
Hunter-Lab64.58, -20.06, -5.28
RYB45.49%, 59.39%, 74.51%

Color Accessibility Scores

#74B8BE on a dark background: contrast 9.34:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#74B8BE on a light background: contrast 2.25:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #74B8BE, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#74B8BE · #B3D8DB · #458B92 · #BE7A74 · #DBB6B3

Analogous palette

#74BE7A · #74BE9F · #74B8BE · #7493BE · #7A74BE

Triadic palette

#74B8BE · #BE74B8 · #B8BE74 · #B3D8DB · #DBB3D8

Tetradic palette

#74B8BE · #9F74BE · #BE7A74 · #93BE74 · #458B92

Monochromatic palette

#316368 · #49959C · #74B8BE · #A8D2D6 · #DCEDEF

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