#74AABC#74AABC

#74AABC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.062 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AABC
RGB	rgb(116, 170, 188)
HSL	hsl(195, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, -13.11, -14.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 19.81, 228.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.0473 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.062 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6512, 36.0914, 52.9184)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AABC #BC8674

analogous

#74BCAA #74AABC #7486BC

triadic

#74AABC #BC74AA #AABC74

tetradic

#74AABC #AA74BC #BC8674 #86BC74

square

#74AABC #AA74BC #BC8674 #86BC74

split-complementary

#74AABC #BC7486 #BCAA74

monochromatic

#3B6B7B #4F8FA4 #74AABC #9DC3D0 #C7DDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#74AABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#74AABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AABC

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AABC	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58B0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 170, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.062 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc3d0',
    500: '#74aabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aabc;
$custom-light: #9fc3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70683,
    "c": 0.06242,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AABC

secondary

#D4BFB8

accent

#785DCB

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F3F7F9

border

#CDD0D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AABC

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

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