#74ABDB#74ABDB

#74ABDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.091 H 245.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ABDB
RGB	rgb(116, 171, 219)
HSL	hsl(208, 59%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(208, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 21.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -5.17, -29.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 30.30, 260.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0373 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.091 245.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5471, 37.9509, 72.5089)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ABDB #DBA474

analogous

#74DBD7 #74ABDB #7477DB

triadic

#74ABDB #DB74AB #ABDB74

tetradic

#74ABDB #D774DB #DBA474 #77DB74

square

#74ABDB #D774DB #DBA474 #77DB74

split-complementary

#74ABDB #DB7477 #DBD774

monochromatic

#2C6FA9 #438ECE #74ABDB #A5C8E8 #D5E6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#74ABDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#74ABDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ABDB

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ABDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ABDB	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ACDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46B6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74abdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 171, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.091 245.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c3e6',
    500: '#74abdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74abdb;
$custom-light: #a1c3e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74abdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.961,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72155,
    "c": 0.09109,
    "h": 245.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ABDB

secondary

#E7D4C4

accent

#6D1FC6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ABDB

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

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