#74AFBD#74AFBD

#74AFBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.064 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AFBD
RGB	rgb(116, 175, 189)
HSL	hsl(192, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(192, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 7.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, -15.50, -13.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 20.36, 220.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0531 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.064 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7145, 38.0450, 53.8065)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AFBD #BD8274

analogous

#74BDA7 #74AFBD #748ABD

triadic

#74AFBD #BD74AF #AFBD74

tetradic

#74AFBD #A774BD #BD8274 #8ABD74

square

#74AFBD #A774BD #BD8274 #8ABD74

split-complementary

#74AFBD #BD748A #BDA774

monochromatic

#3B6F7C #4E95A5 #74AFBD #9DC7D1 #C7DFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#74AFBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#74AFBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AFBD

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AFBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AFBD	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74afbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 175, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.064 214.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74afbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.507,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71859,
    "c": 0.06432,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AFBD

secondary

#D5BEB8

accent

#725CCC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AFBD

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

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