#74ABBD#74ABBD

#74ABBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.063 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ABBD
RGB	rgb(116, 171, 189)
HSL	hsl(195, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -13.38, -14.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 20.05, 228.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.0481 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.063 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9475, 36.5110, 53.5508)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ABBD #BD8674

analogous

#74BDAB #74ABBD #7486BD

triadic

#74ABBD #BD74AB #ABBD74

tetradic

#74ABBD #AB74BD #BD8674 #86BD74

square

#74ABBD #AB74BD #BD8674 #86BD74

split-complementary

#74ABBD #BD7486 #BDAB74

monochromatic

#3B6C7C #4E90A5 #74ABBD #9DC4D1 #C7DDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#74ABBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#74ABBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ABBD

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ABBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ABBD	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58B1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74abbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 171, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.063 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc4d0',
    500: '#74abbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74abbd;
$custom-light: #9fc4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74abbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.795,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70947,
    "c": 0.06322,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ABBD

secondary

#D5BFB8

accent

#785CCC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ABBD

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

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