#74A9C2#74A9C2

#74A9C2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.067 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A9C2
RGB	rgb(116, 169, 194)
HSL	hsl(199, 39%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 40%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 12.9%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, -11.00, -18.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 21.35, 239.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.0437 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.067 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1247, 35.9820, 56.3336)
Luminance	0.3598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A9C2 #C28D74

analogous

#74C2B4 #74A9C2 #7482C2

triadic

#74A9C2 #C274A9 #A9C274

tetradic

#74A9C2 #B474C2 #C28D74 #82C274

square

#74A9C2 #B474C2 #C28D74 #82C274

split-complementary

#74A9C2 #C27482 #C2B474

monochromatic

#396B82 #4C8EAD #74A9C2 #9FC3D5 #C9DEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#74A9C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#74A9C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A9C2

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A9C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A9C2	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA7C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a9c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 169, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.067 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc2d4',
    500: '#74a9c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a9c2;
$custom-light: #9fc2d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a9c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.231,
    "s": 39,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70684,
    "c": 0.06673,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A9C2

secondary

#D8C4BA

accent

#5C34B2

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F3F7FA

border

#CDD0D3

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A9C2

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

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