#74A5CB#74A5CB

#74A5CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.077 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A5CB
RGB	rgb(116, 165, 203)
HSL	hsl(206, 46%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(206, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 18.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.70, -6.37, -24.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.70, 25.35, 255.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% -0.0354 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.077 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4334, 34.9330, 61.5747)
Luminance	0.3493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A5CB #CB9A74

analogous

#74CBC6 #74A5CB #7479CB

triadic

#74A5CB #CB74A5 #A5CB74

tetradic

#74A5CB #C674CB #CB9A74 #79CB74

square

#74A5CB #C674CB #CB9A74 #79CB74

split-complementary

#74A5CB #CB7479 #CBC674

monochromatic

#36688F #4788BA #74A5CB #A1C2DC #CDDFEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#74A5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#74A5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A5CB

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A5CB	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899CCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52AEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 165, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.077 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0bfdb',
    500: '#74a5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a5cb;
$custom-light: #a0bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.207,
    "s": 45.55,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70149,
    "c": 0.07666,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A5CB

secondary

#DDCBBE

accent

#6A2DB9

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F7FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A5CB

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

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