#74AEBF#74AEBF

#74AEBF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.065 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AEBF
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 191)
HSL	hsl(194, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 8.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -14.46, -14.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 20.57, 225.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% -0.0511 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.065 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7392, 37.7446, 54.8931)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AEBF #BF8574

analogous

#74BFAA #74AEBF #7488BF

triadic

#74AEBF #BF74AE #AEBF74

tetradic

#74AEBF #AA74BF #BF8574 #88BF74

square

#74AEBF #AA74BF #BF8574 #88BF74

split-complementary

#74AEBF #BF7488 #BFAA74

monochromatic

#3A6F7E #4D94A8 #74AEBF #9EC6D2 #C8DFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#74AEBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#74AEBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AEBF

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AEBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AEBF	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AAC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56B4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.065 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc6d2',
    500: '#74aebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aebf;
$custom-light: #9fc6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.6,
    "s": 36.946,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71704,
    "c": 0.06504,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AEBF

secondary

#D6C0B9

accent

#5136B0

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AEBF

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

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