#74828C#74828C

#74828C is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.022 H 238.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74828C
RGB	rgb(116, 130, 140)
HSL	hsl(205, 9%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 17%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 7.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.57, -2.88, -7.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.57, 7.68, 247.95°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% -0.0116 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.022 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.9175, 21.5713, 27.9201)
Luminance	0.2157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74828C #8C7E74

analogous

#748C8A #74828C #74768C

triadic

#74828C #8C7482 #828C74

tetradic

#74828C #8A748C #8C7E74 #768C74

square

#74828C #8A748C #8C7E74 #768C74

split-complementary

#74828C #8C7476 #8C8A74

monochromatic

#3C4449 #58636B #74828C #95A0A8 #B7BEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#74828C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#74828C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #74828C

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74828C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74828C	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E828D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E8585

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74828c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 130, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.022 238.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ca6ad',
    500: '#74828c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74828c;
$custom-light: #9ca6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74828c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 9.449,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59859,
    "c": 0.02247,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74828C

secondary

#B3ADA9

accent

#8F75B2

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F4F4

border

#CCCECE

text

#0E0F10

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #74828C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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