#74ACBD#74ACBD

#74ACBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.063 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ACBD
RGB	rgb(116, 172, 189)
HSL	hsl(194, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, -13.92, -14.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 20.09, 226.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% -0.0494 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.063 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1371, 36.8902, 53.6140)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ACBD #BD8574

analogous

#74BDAA #74ACBD #7487BD

triadic

#74ACBD #BD74AC #ACBD74

tetradic

#74ACBD #AA74BD #BD8574 #87BD74

square

#74ACBD #AA74BD #BD8574 #87BD74

split-complementary

#74ACBD #BD7487 #BDAA74

monochromatic

#3B6D7C #4E91A5 #74ACBD #9DC5D1 #C7DEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#74ACBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#74ACBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ACBD

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ACBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ACBD	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58B2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74acbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 172, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.063 218.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74acbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.973,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71175,
    "c": 0.06343,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ACBD

secondary

#D5BFB8

accent

#765CCC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ACBD

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

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