#74ACBC#74ACBC

#74ACBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.063 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ACBC
RGB	rgb(116, 172, 188)
HSL	hsl(193, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 8.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, -14.18, -13.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 19.92, 224.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.0498 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.063 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0289, 36.8469, 53.0443)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ACBC #BC8474

analogous

#74BCA8 #74ACBC #7488BC

triadic

#74ACBC #BC74AC #ACBC74

tetradic

#74ACBC #A874BC #BC8474 #88BC74

square

#74ACBC #A874BC #BC8474 #88BC74

split-complementary

#74ACBC #BC7488 #BCA874

monochromatic

#3B6C7B #4F91A4 #74ACBC #9DC5D0 #C7DDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#74ACBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#74ACBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ACBC

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ACBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ACBC	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58B2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74acbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 172, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.063 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc4d0',
    500: '#74acbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74acbc;
$custom-light: #9fc4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74acbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71138,
    "c": 0.06287,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ACBC

secondary

#D4BEB8

accent

#755DCB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ACBC

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

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