#74ABDD#74ABDD

#74ABDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.093 H 246.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ABDD
RGB	rgb(116, 171, 221)
HSL	hsl(209, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(209, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 22.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -4.60, -30.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 31.17, 261.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0366 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.093 246.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8120, 38.0568, 73.9039)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ABDD #DDA674

analogous

#74DDDA #74ABDD #7476DD

triadic

#74ABDD #DD74AB #ABDD74

tetradic

#74ABDD #DA74DD #DDA674 #76DD74

square

#74ABDD #DA74DD #DDA674 #76DD74

split-complementary

#74ABDD #DD7476 #DDDA74

monochromatic

#2A6EAC #438DD1 #74ABDD #A5C9E9 #D6E6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#74ABDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#74ABDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ABDD

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ABDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ABDD	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ACDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74abdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 171, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.093 246.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74abdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.571,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72243,
    "c": 0.09339,
    "h": 246.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ABDD

secondary

#E8D6C5

accent

#6F1DC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ABDD

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

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