#74AFBC#74AFBC

#74AFBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.064 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AFBC
RGB	rgb(116, 175, 188)
HSL	hsl(191, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 6.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -15.76, -12.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 20.24, 218.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0535 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.064 213)
XYZ	xyz(31.6063, 38.0018, 53.2368)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AFBC #BC8174

analogous

#74BCA5 #74AFBC #748BBC

triadic

#74AFBC #BC74AF #AFBC74

tetradic

#74AFBC #A574BC #BC8174 #8BBC74

square

#74AFBC #A574BC #BC8174 #8BBC74

split-complementary

#74AFBC #BC748B #BCA574

monochromatic

#3B6F7B #4F95A4 #74AFBC #9DC7D0 #C7DFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#74AFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#74AFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AFBC

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AFBC	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74afbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 175, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.064 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc7d0',
    500: '#74afbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74afbc;
$custom-light: #9fc7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74afbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.833,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71823,
    "c": 0.06387,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.38004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AFBC

secondary

#D4BDB8

accent

#715DCB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AFBC

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

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