#74A5BE#74A5BE

#74A5BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.064 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A5BE
RGB	rgb(116, 165, 190)
HSL	hsl(200, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, -9.89, -18.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 20.56, 241.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% -0.0402 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.064 231)
XYZ	xyz(29.9487, 34.3392, 53.7552)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A5BE #BE8D74

analogous

#74BEB2 #74A5BE #7480BE

triadic

#74A5BE #BE74A5 #A5BE74

tetradic

#74A5BE #B274BE #BE8D74 #80BE74

square

#74A5BE #B274BE #BE8D74 #80BE74

split-complementary

#74A5BE #BE7480 #BEB274

monochromatic

#3A677D #4E89A7 #74A5BE #9EC0D2 #C7DBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#74A5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#74A5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A5BE

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A5BE	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9BBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58ACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 165, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.064 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fbfd1',
    500: '#74a5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a5be;
$custom-light: #9fbfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.27,
    "s": 36.275,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69627,
    "c": 0.06382,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.34341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A5BE

secondary

#D5C2B9

accent

#825CCC

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A5BE

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

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