#74ABCC#74ABCC

#74ABCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.075 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ABCC
RGB	rgb(116, 171, 204)
HSL	hsl(203, 46%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(203, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 16.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, -9.37, -22.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 24.32, 247.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.0425 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.075 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6607, 37.1963, 62.5736)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ABCC #CC9574

analogous

#74CCC1 #74ABCC #747FCC

triadic

#74ABCC #CC74AB #ABCC74

tetradic

#74ABCC #C174CC #CC9574 #7FCC74

square

#74ABCC #C174CC #CC9574 #7FCC74

split-complementary

#74ABCC #CC747F #CCC174

monochromatic

#356E91 #4790BC #74ABCC #A1C6DC #CEE1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#74ABCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#74ABCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ABCC

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ABCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ABCC	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50B4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74abcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 171, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.075 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c4db',
    500: '#74abcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74abcc;
$custom-light: #a0c4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74abcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 46.316,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71527,
    "c": 0.07521,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ABCC

secondary

#DECABE

accent

#612CBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ABCC

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

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