#74B0BE#74B0BE

#74B0BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.065 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B0BE
RGB	rgb(116, 176, 190)
HSL	hsl(191, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 7.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -15.77, -13.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 20.61, 220.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.054 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.065 214)
XYZ	xyz(32.0188, 38.4793, 54.4453)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B0BE #BE8274

analogous

#74BEA7 #74B0BE #748BBE

triadic

#74B0BE #BE74B0 #B0BE74

tetradic

#74B0BE #A774BE #BE8274 #8BBE74

square

#74B0BE #A774BE #BE8274 #8BBE74

split-complementary

#74B0BE #BE748B #BEA774

monochromatic

#3A717D #4E96A7 #74B0BE #9EC8D2 #C7DFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#74B0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#74B0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B0BE

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B0BE	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56B6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 176, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.065 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc7d1',
    500: '#74b0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b0be;
$custom-light: #9fc7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.351,
    "s": 36.275,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72124,
    "c": 0.06514,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.38481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B0BE

secondary

#D5BEB9

accent

#715CCC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B0BE

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

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