#74B1BE#74B1BE

#74B1BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.066 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B1BE
RGB	rgb(116, 177, 190)
HSL	hsl(191, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -16.30, -12.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 20.75, 218.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.0552 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.066 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2156, 38.8729, 54.5109)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B1BE #BE8174

analogous

#74BEA6 #74B1BE #748CBE

triadic

#74B1BE #BE74B1 #B1BE74

tetradic

#74B1BE #A674BE #BE8174 #8CBE74

square

#74B1BE #A674BE #BE8174 #8CBE74

split-complementary

#74B1BE #BE748C #BEA674

monochromatic

#3A717D #4E97A7 #74B1BE #9EC8D2 #C7E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#74B1BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#74B1BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B1BE

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B1BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B1BE	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b1be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 177, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.066 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc8d1',
    500: '#74b1be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b1be;
$custom-light: #9fc8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b1be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.541,
    "s": 36.275,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72352,
    "c": 0.06552,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B1BE

secondary

#D5BEB9

accent

#6F5CCC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B1BE

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

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