#74ABC8#74ABC8

#74ABC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.072 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ABC8
RGB	rgb(116, 171, 200)
HSL	hsl(201, 43%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(201, 42%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 14.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -10.46, -20.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 22.97, 242.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.044 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.072 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1871, 37.0068, 60.0793)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ABC8 #C89174

analogous

#74C8BB #74ABC8 #7481C8

triadic

#74ABC8 #C874AB #ABC874

tetradic

#74ABC8 #BB74C8 #C89174 #81C874

square

#74ABC8 #BB74C8 #C89174 #81C874

split-complementary

#74ABC8 #C87481 #C8BB74

monochromatic

#376E8B #4890B7 #74ABC8 #A0C5D9 #CCE0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#74ABC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#74ABC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ABC8

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ABC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ABC8	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA9C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A0C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74abc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 171, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.072 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c4d8',
    500: '#74abc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74abc8;
$custom-light: #a0c4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74abc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.714,
    "s": 43.299,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71368,
    "c": 0.07154,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ABC8

secondary

#DBC7BC

accent

#5E2FB6

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FA

border

#CDD1D3

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ABC8

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

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