#74ABDC#74ABDC

#74ABDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.092 H 246.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ABDC
RGB	rgb(116, 171, 220)
HSL	hsl(208, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(208, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 22.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -4.89, -30.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 30.73, 260.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.037 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.092 246.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6792, 38.0037, 73.2043)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ABDC #DCA574

analogous

#74DCD9 #74ABDC #7477DC

triadic

#74ABDC #DC74AB #ABDC74

tetradic

#74ABDC #D974DC #DCA574 #77DC74

square

#74ABDC #D974DC #DCA574 #77DC74

split-complementary

#74ABDC #DC7477 #DCD974

monochromatic

#2B6EAB #438DD0 #74ABDC #A5C9E8 #D6E6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#74ABDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#74ABDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ABDC

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ABDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ABDC	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ACDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74abdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 171, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.092 246.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c3e7',
    500: '#74abdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74abdc;
$custom-light: #a1c3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74abdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.269,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72199,
    "c": 0.09224,
    "h": 246.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ABDC

secondary

#E7D5C5

accent

#6E1EC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ABDC

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

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