#74ABC4#74ABC4

#74ABC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.068 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ABC4
RGB	rgb(116, 171, 196)
HSL	hsl(199, 40%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 41%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 12.8%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, -11.54, -18.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 21.76, 237.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.0454 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.068 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7257, 36.8223, 57.6495)
Luminance	0.3682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ABC4 #C48D74

analogous

#74C4B5 #74ABC4 #7483C4

triadic

#74ABC4 #C474AB #ABC474

tetradic

#74ABC4 #B574C4 #C48D74 #83C474

square

#74ABC4 #B574C4 #C48D74 #83C474

split-complementary

#74ABC4 #C47483 #C4B574

monochromatic

#386D85 #4B90B0 #74ABC4 #9FC5D6 #CADFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#74ABC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#74ABC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ABC4

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ABC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ABC4	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA9C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929FC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74abc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 171, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.068 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc4d5',
    500: '#74abc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74abc4;
$custom-light: #9fc4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74abc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 40.404,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71212,
    "c": 0.06818,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ABC4

secondary

#D9C4BB

accent

#5A32B3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FA

border

#CDD1D3

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ABC4

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

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