#74ABDA#74ABDA

#74ABDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.090 H 245.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ABDA
RGB	rgb(116, 171, 218)
HSL	hsl(208, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(208, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 21.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, -5.46, -29.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 29.86, 259.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.0376 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.09 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4159, 37.8984, 71.8176)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ABDA #DAA374

analogous

#74DAD6 #74ABDA #7478DA

triadic

#74ABDA #DA74AB #ABDA74

tetradic

#74ABDA #D674DA #DAA374 #78DA74

square

#74ABDA #D674DA #DAA374 #78DA74

split-complementary

#74ABDA #DA7478 #DAD674

monochromatic

#2C6FA7 #448ECD #74ABDA #A4C8E7 #D5E5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#74ABDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#74ABDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ABDA

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ABDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ABDA	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ABDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47B6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74abda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 171, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.090 245.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c3e5',
    500: '#74abda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74abda;
$custom-light: #a1c3e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74abda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.647,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72112,
    "c": 0.08995,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ABDA

secondary

#E6D4C4

accent

#6C20C6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ABDA

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

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