#74909C#74909C

#74909C is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.036 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74909C
RGB	rgb(116, 144, 156)
HSL	hsl(198, 17%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(198, 26%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 7.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.09, -7.00, -9.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.09, 11.87, 233.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% -0.0254 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.036 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.1747, 26.0589, 35.2549)
Luminance	0.2606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74909C #9C8074

analogous

#749C94 #74909C #747C9C

triadic

#74909C #9C7490 #909C74

tetradic

#74909C #94749C #9C8074 #7C9C74

square

#74909C #94749C #9C8074 #7C9C74

split-complementary

#74909C #9C747C #9C9474

monochromatic

#3E5057 #58707B #74909C #98ADB5 #BBC9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#74909C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#74909C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #74909C

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74909C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74909C	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898E9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#689494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74909c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 144, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.036 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9db0b9',
    500: '#74909c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74909c;
$custom-light: #9db0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74909c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 16.807,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63599,
    "c": 0.0364,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74909C

secondary

#BEB2AD

accent

#856EBA

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F6

border

#CCCED0

text

#0E1011

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #74909C

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

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