#74A8BD#74A8BD

#74A8BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.063 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A8BD
RGB	rgb(116, 168, 189)
HSL	hsl(197, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, -11.78, -16.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 20.04, 234.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.0443 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.063 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3873, 35.3905, 53.3641)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A8BD #BD8974

analogous

#74BDAD #74A8BD #7484BD

triadic

#74A8BD #BD74A8 #A8BD74

tetradic

#74A8BD #AD74BD #BD8974 #84BD74

square

#74A8BD #AD74BD #BD8974 #84BD74

split-complementary

#74A8BD #BD7484 #BDAD74

monochromatic

#3B697C #4E8CA5 #74A8BD #9DC2D1 #C7DCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#74A8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#74A8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A8BD

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A8BD	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58AEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 168, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.063 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc1d0',
    500: '#74a8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a8bd;
$custom-light: #9fc1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.26,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70267,
    "c": 0.06288,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A8BD

secondary

#D5C0B8

accent

#7C5CCC

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A8BD

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

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