#74AFCD#74AFCD

#74AFCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.075 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AFCD
RGB	rgb(116, 175, 205)
HSL	hsl(200, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(200, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 14.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -11.26, -21.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 24.02, 242.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.047 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.075 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5480, 38.7784, 63.4630)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AFCD #CD9274

analogous

#74CDBF #74AFCD #7482CD

triadic

#74AFCD #CD74AF #AFCD74

tetradic

#74AFCD #BF74CD #CD9274 #82CD74

square

#74AFCD #BF74CD #CD9274 #82CD74

split-complementary

#74AFCD #CD7482 #CDBF74

monochromatic

#357392 #4795BD #74AFCD #A1C9DD #CEE3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#74AFCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#74AFCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AFCD

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AFCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AFCD	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FB7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74afcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 175, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.075 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c6dc',
    500: '#74afcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74afcd;
$custom-light: #a0c6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74afcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.225,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72464,
    "c": 0.07514,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AFCD

secondary

#DEC9BE

accent

#5B2BBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AFCD

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

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