#74879E#74879E

#74879E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.041 H 253.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74879E
RGB	rgb(116, 135, 158)
HSL	hsl(213, 18%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(213, 27%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 14.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.59, -1.43, -14.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.59, 14.57, 264.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.65% -0.0118 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(61.65% 0.041 253.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.0363, 23.5088, 35.7177)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74879E #9E8B74

analogous

#749C9E #74879E #76749E

triadic

#74879E #9E7487 #879E74

tetradic

#74879E #9E749C #9E8B74 #749E76

square

#74879E #9E749C #9E8B74 #749E76

split-complementary

#74879E #9E7674 #9C9E74

monochromatic

#3E4B59 #57697D #74879E #98A6B7 #BCC5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#74879E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#74879E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #74879E

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74879E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74879E	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F889F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A839E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#688C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74879e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 135, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.041 253.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9da9ba',
    500: '#74879e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74879e;
$custom-light: #9da9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74879e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.857,
    "s": 17.797,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6165,
    "c": 0.04136,
    "h": 253.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74879E

secondary

#C0B8AE

accent

#986DBA

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F6

border

#CCCED0

text

#0E1011

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #74879E

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

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