#74AEBE#74AEBE

#74AEBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.064 H 217.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AEBE
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 190)
HSL	hsl(193, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, -14.72, -14.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 20.41, 223.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.0515 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.064 217)
XYZ	xyz(31.6295, 37.7008, 54.3155)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AEBE #BE8474

analogous

#74BEA9 #74AEBE #7489BE

triadic

#74AEBE #BE74AE #AEBE74

tetradic

#74AEBE #A974BE #BE8474 #89BE74

square

#74AEBE #A974BE #BE8474 #89BE74

split-complementary

#74AEBE #BE7489 #BEA974

monochromatic

#3A6F7D #4E94A7 #74AEBE #9EC6D2 #C7DFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#74AEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#74AEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AEBE

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AEBE	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57B4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.064 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc6d1',
    500: '#74aebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aebe;
$custom-light: #9fc6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.973,
    "s": 36.275,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71667,
    "c": 0.06449,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.37703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AEBE

secondary

#D5BFB9

accent

#745CCC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AEBE

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

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