All About Color #74BDC8

#74BDC8

About #74BDC8

#74BDC8 is a light cyan color with the hex code #74BDC8. In RGB it is red 116, green 189, blue 200; in HSL it is hue 188°, saturation 43%, lightness 62%; in CMYK it is 42%, 5%, 0%, 22%. Its contrast ratio is 2.13:1 on white and 9.86:1 on black.

#74BDC8 Color Conversion

Hex triplet74, BD, C8
CMYK42.00%, 5.50%, 0.00%, 21.57%
RGB Decimal116, 189, 200
HSL188°, 43%, 62%
RGB Octal164, 275, 310
HSV (HSB)187.86°, 42.00%, 78.43%
RGB Binary1110100, 10111101, 11001000
CIE-L*AB72.41, -19.92, -12.71
RGB Percent45.49%, 74.12%, 78.43%
CIE-L*CH72.41, 23.63, 212.54
XYZ35.83, 44.28, 61.30
CIE-L*UV72.41, -33.61, -16.45
xyY0.25, 0.31, 44.28
Hunter-Lab66.54, -20.35, -8.04
RYB45.49%, 60.81%, 78.43%

Color Accessibility Scores

#74BDC8 on a dark background: contrast 9.86:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#74BDC8 on a light background: contrast 2.13:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #74BDC8, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#74BDC8 · #B6DCE2 · #4094A0 · #C88074 · #E2BCB6

Analogous palette

#74C880 · #74C8A9 · #74BDC8 · #7493C8 · #8074C8

Triadic palette

#74BDC8 · #C874BD · #BDC874 · #B6DCE2 · #E2B6DC

Tetradic palette

#74BDC8 · #A974C8 · #C88074 · #93C874 · #4094A0

Monochromatic palette

#2F6B75 · #449EAB · #74BDC8 · #ABD7DE · #E2F1F3

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