#74A5CD#74A5CD

#74A5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.079 H 243.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A5CD
RGB	rgb(116, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(207, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(207, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, -5.81, -25.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 26.18, 257.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% -0.0347 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.079 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6733, 35.0290, 62.8380)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A5CD #CD9C74

analogous

#74CDC8 #74A5CD #7478CD

triadic

#74A5CD #CD74A5 #A5CD74

tetradic

#74A5CD #C874CD #CD9C74 #78CD74

square

#74A5CD #C874CD #CD9C74 #78CD74

split-complementary

#74A5CD #CD7478 #CDC874

monochromatic

#356892 #4788BD #74A5CD #A1C2DD #CEDFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#74A5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#74A5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A5CD

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A5CD	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899CCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.079 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0bfdc',
    500: '#74a5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a5cd;
$custom-light: #a0bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.966,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70233,
    "c": 0.07886,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A5CD

secondary

#DECDBE

accent

#6C2BBA

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F7FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A5CD

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

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