#74AFC4#74AFC4

#74AFC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.068 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AFC4
RGB	rgb(116, 175, 196)
HSL	hsl(196, 40%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 41%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 10.7%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -13.67, -16.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 21.60, 230.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0504 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.068 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4927, 38.3563, 57.9052)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AFC4 #C48974

analogous

#74C4B1 #74AFC4 #7487C4

triadic

#74AFC4 #C474AF #AFC474

tetradic

#74AFC4 #B174C4 #C48974 #87C474

square

#74AFC4 #B174C4 #C48974 #87C474

split-complementary

#74AFC4 #C47487 #C4B174

monochromatic

#387185 #4B95B0 #74AFC4 #9FC8D6 #CAE0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#74AFC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#74AFC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AFC4

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AFC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AFC4	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ACC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A2C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54B6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74afc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 175, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.068 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc7d5',
    500: '#74afc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74afc4;
$custom-light: #9fc7d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74afc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.75,
    "s": 40.404,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72117,
    "c": 0.06825,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AFC4

secondary

#D9C3BB

accent

#5432B3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FA

border

#CDD1D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AFC4

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

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