#74A7BF#74A7BF

#74A7BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.064 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74A7BF
RGBrgb(116, 167, 191)
HSLhsl(199, 37%, 60%)
HSVhsv(199, 39%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(39.3%, 12.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LABlab(65.83, -10.71, -17.66)
CIE-LCHlch(65.83, 20.65, 238.76°)
OKLaboklab(70.12% -0.0423 -0.0486)
OKLCHoklch(70.12% 0.064 229)
XYZxyz(30.4220, 35.1101, 54.4540)
Luminance0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74A7BF #BF8C74
analogous
#74BFB1 #74A7BF #7481BF
triadic
#74A7BF #BF74A7 #A7BF74
tetradic
#74A7BF #B174BF #BF8C74 #81BF74
square
#74A7BF #B174BF #BF8C74 #81BF74
split-complementary
#74A7BF #BF7481 #BFB174
monochromatic
#3A697E #4D8BA8 #74A7BF #9EC2D2 #C8DCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62
#74A7BF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02
#74A7BF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A7BF
8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74A7BF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##74A7BF1.002.628.028.02
#FFFFFF2.621.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0221.001.001.00
##0000008.0221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9BA5C0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#909CBF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#58AEAF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74a7bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 167, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.064 229.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc1d2',
    500: '#74a7bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74a7bf;
$custom-light: #9fc1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74a7bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.2,
    "s": 36.946,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70117,
    "c": 0.06445,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.35112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74A7BF
secondary
#D6C2B9
accent
#5D36B0
background
#FAFBFC
surface
#F3F7F9
border
#CDD0D2
text
#0F1214
muted
#7F8182

Preview Lab

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#74A7BF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva