#74A2BB#74A2BB

#74A2BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.062 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A2BB
RGB	rgb(116, 162, 187)
HSL	hsl(201, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 13.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.27, -9.06, -17.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.27, 19.97, 243.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% -0.0375 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.062 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0894, 33.1398, 51.8679)
Luminance	0.3314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A2BB #BB8D74

analogous

#74BBB1 #74A2BB #747FBB

triadic

#74A2BB #BB74A2 #A2BB74

tetradic

#74A2BB #B174BB #BB8D74 #7FBB74

square

#74A2BB #B174BB #BB8D74 #7FBB74

split-complementary

#74A2BB #BB747F #BBB174

monochromatic

#3B6379 #4F85A2 #74A2BB #9DBDCF #C6D9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#74A2BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#74A2BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A2BB

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A2BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A2BB	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C98BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AA9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a2bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 162, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.062 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ebdcf',
    500: '#74a2bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a2bb;
$custom-light: #9ebdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a2bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.127,
    "s": 34.3,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68834,
    "c": 0.06165,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A2BB

secondary

#D3C1B8

accent

#845DCA

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F6F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0F1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A2BB

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

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