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#74CDFD

#74cdfd ≈ Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#74cdfd is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 45.49% red, 80.39% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 54.15% cyan, 18.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 201.02°, with 97.16% saturation and 72.35% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sky Blue (#87cefa), ΔE 2.16.

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Relative luminance0.5447

Complementary

  1. #74cdfd
  2. #fda474

Split complementary

  1. #74cdfd
  2. #fd7488
  3. #fde874

Analogous

  1. #74fde8
  2. #74cdfd
  3. #7488fd

Triadic

  1. #74cdfd
  2. #fd74cd
  3. #cdfd74

Tetradic

  1. #74cdfd
  2. #a474fd
  3. #fda474
  4. #cdfd74

Square

  1. #74cdfd
  2. #e874fd
  3. #fda474
  4. #88fd74

Monochromatic

  1. #038bd5
  2. #29b2fc
  3. #74cdfd
  4. #bfe8fe
  5. #ebf8ff

Shades

#74cdfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #74cdfd
  2. #68b9e4
  3. #5da4ca
  4. #5190b1
  5. #467b98
  6. #3a677f
  7. #2e5265
  8. #233e4c
  9. #172933
  10. #0c1519
  11. #000000

Tints

#74cdfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #74cdfd
  2. #82d2fd
  3. #90d7fd
  4. #9edcfe
  5. #ace1fe
  6. #bae6fe
  7. #c7ebfe
  8. #d5f0fe
  9. #e3f5ff
  10. #f1faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#74cdfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #74cdfd
  2. #75c5f1
  3. #76bee4
  4. #78b6d8
  5. #79aecb
  6. #7aa7bf
  7. #7b9fb2
  8. #7c97a6
  9. #7e8f99
  10. #7f888d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9c7dd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6cbff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3bdfc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00dadd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a0ccfe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #92c3fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4ad5ea ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-74cdfd {
  color: #74cdfd;
}
Background
.bg-74cdfd {
  background-color: #74cdfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-74cdfd {
  border: 2px solid #74cdfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #74cdfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 116 205 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 97% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-74cdfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #74cdfd, #7488fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-74cdfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(116 205 253 / 0.35);
}

#87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 2.16 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 3.68 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 4.02 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 4.78 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.04 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 9.89 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 10.48 #8b3202 Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#74cdfd  rgb(116, 205, 253)  hsl(201, 97%, 72%)  Light Sky Blue
#fda474  rgb(253, 164, 116)  hsl(21, 97%, 72%)  Light Salmon
#fd74cd  rgb(253, 116, 205)  hsl(321, 97%, 72%)  Rose Pink
#cdfd74  rgb(205, 253, 116)  hsl(81, 97%, 72%)  Inchworm