#74A2BD#74A2BD

#74A2BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.064 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A2BD
RGB	rgb(116, 162, 189)
HSL	hsl(202, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(202, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 14.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.34, -8.53, -18.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.34, 20.65, 245.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.91% -0.0367 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(68.91% 0.064 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3050, 33.2261, 53.0033)
Luminance	0.3323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A2BD #BD8F74

analogous

#74BDB4 #74A2BD #747DBD

triadic

#74A2BD #BD74A2 #A2BD74

tetradic

#74A2BD #B474BD #BD8F74 #7DBD74

square

#74A2BD #B474BD #BD8F74 #7DBD74

split-complementary

#74A2BD #BD747D #BDB474

monochromatic

#3B647C #4E85A5 #74A2BD #9DBED1 #C7DAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#74A2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#74A2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A2BD

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A2BD	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A1BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B98BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59A9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 162, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.064 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fbdd1',
    500: '#74a2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a2bd;
$custom-light: #9fbdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.192,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68912,
    "c": 0.0635,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A2BD

secondary

#D5C3B8

accent

#855CCC

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F6F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A2BD

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

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