#74ABCD#74ABCD

#74ABCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.076 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74ABCD
RGBrgb(116, 171, 205)
HSLhsl(203, 47%, 63%)
HSVhsv(203, 43%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(43.4%, 16.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(67.46, -9.10, -22.94)
CIE-LCHlch(67.46, 24.68, 248.37°)
OKLaboklab(71.57% -0.0421 -0.0635)
OKLCHoklch(71.57% 0.076 236.4)
XYZxyz(32.7810, 37.2444, 63.2073)
Luminance0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74ABCD #CD9674
analogous
#74CDC2 #74ABCD #747ECD
triadic
#74ABCD #CD74AB #ABCD74
tetradic
#74ABCD #C274CD #CD9674 #7ECD74
square
#74ABCD #C274CD #CD9674 #7ECD74
split-complementary
#74ABCD #CD747E #CDC274
monochromatic
#356E92 #4790BD #74ABCD #A1C6DD #CEE1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49
#74ABCD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45
#74ABCD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ABCD
8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74ABCD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##74ABCD1.002.498.458.45
#FFFFFF2.491.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4521.001.001.00
##0000008.4521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9CAACF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8FA0CC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#4FB4B6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74abcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 171, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.076 236.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c4dc',
    500: '#74abcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74abcd;
$custom-light: #a0c4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74abcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.921,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71568,
    "c": 0.07618,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74ABCD
secondary
#DECBBE
accent
#622BBA
background
#FAFCFD
surface
#F4F8FB
border
#CED1D4
text
#0F1215
muted
#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ABCD

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#74ABCD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva