#74A4BB#74A4BB

#74A4BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.061 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A4BB
RGB	rgb(116, 164, 187)
HSL	hsl(199, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 12.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, -10.14, -16.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 19.74, 239.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% -0.04 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.061 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4446, 33.8500, 51.9863)
Luminance	0.3385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A4BB #BB8B74

analogous

#74BBAF #74A4BB #7480BB

triadic

#74A4BB #BB74A4 #A4BB74

tetradic

#74A4BB #AF74BB #BB8B74 #80BB74

square

#74A4BB #AF74BB #BB8B74 #80BB74

split-complementary

#74A4BB #BB7480 #BBAF74

monochromatic

#3B6579 #4F88A2 #74A4BB #9DBFCF #C6DAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#74A4BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#74A4BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A4BB

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A4BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A4BB	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a4bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 164, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.061 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fbfcf',
    500: '#74a4bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a4bb;
$custom-light: #9fbfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a4bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.437,
    "s": 34.3,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69286,
    "c": 0.0614,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A4BB

secondary

#D3C1B8

accent

#815DCA

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0F1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A4BB

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

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