#74AABE#74AABE

#74AABE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.064 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AABE
RGB	rgb(116, 170, 190)
HSL	hsl(196, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 10.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, -12.59, -15.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 20.25, 231.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% -0.0465 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.064 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8683, 36.1782, 54.0618)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AABE #BE8874

analogous

#74BEAD #74AABE #7485BE

triadic

#74AABE #BE74AA #AABE74

tetradic

#74AABE #AD74BE #BE8874 #85BE74

square

#74AABE #AD74BE #BE8874 #85BE74

split-complementary

#74AABE #BE7485 #BEAD74

monochromatic

#3A6B7D #4E8FA7 #74AABE #9EC4D2 #C7DDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#74AABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#74AABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AABE

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AABE	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57B0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aabe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 170, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.064 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc3d1',
    500: '#74aabe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aabe;
$custom-light: #9fc3d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aabe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.216,
    "s": 36.275,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70758,
    "c": 0.06373,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AABE

secondary

#D5C0B9

accent

#7A5CCC

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F3F7F9

border

#CDD0D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AABE

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

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