#74AFBB#74AFBB

#74AFBB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.063 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AFBB
RGB	rgb(116, 175, 187)
HSL	hsl(190, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 6.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -16.02, -12.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 20.13, 217.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.0539 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.063 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4989, 37.9588, 52.6711)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AFBB #BB8074

analogous

#74BBA4 #74AFBB #748CBB

triadic

#74AFBB #BB74AF #AFBB74

tetradic

#74AFBB #A474BB #BB8074 #8CBB74

square

#74AFBB #A474BB #BB8074 #8CBB74

split-complementary

#74AFBB #BB748C #BBA474

monochromatic

#3B6F79 #4F94A2 #74AFBB #9DC7CF #C6DEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#74AFBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#74AFBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AFBB

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AFBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AFBB	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58B4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74afbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 175, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.063 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc7cf',
    500: '#74afbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74afbb;
$custom-light: #9fc7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74afbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.141,
    "s": 34.3,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71787,
    "c": 0.06346,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AFBB

secondary

#D3BCB8

accent

#705DCA

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AFBB

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

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