#74AFBF#74AFBF

#74AFBF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.065 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AFBF
RGB	rgb(116, 175, 191)
HSL	hsl(193, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -14.99, -14.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 20.65, 223.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.0523 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.065 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9331, 38.1325, 54.9577)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AFBF #BF8474

analogous

#74BFA9 #74AFBF #7489BF

triadic

#74AFBF #BF74AF #AFBF74

tetradic

#74AFBF #A974BF #BF8474 #89BF74

square

#74AFBF #A974BF #BF8474 #89BF74

split-complementary

#74AFBF #BF7489 #BFA974

monochromatic

#3A707E #4D95A8 #74AFBF #9EC7D2 #C8DFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#74AFBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#74AFBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AFBF

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AFBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AFBF	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56B5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74afbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 175, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.065 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc7d2',
    500: '#74afbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74afbf;
$custom-light: #9fc7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74afbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.8,
    "s": 36.946,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71932,
    "c": 0.0653,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AFBF

secondary

#D6BFB9

accent

#5036B0

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AFBF

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

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