#74B2BF#74B2BF

#74B2BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.066 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B2BF
RGB	rgb(116, 178, 191)
HSL	hsl(190, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(190, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -16.56, -12.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 21.00, 217.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0561 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.066 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5235, 39.3132, 55.1545)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B2BF #BF8174

analogous

#74BFA6 #74B2BF #748CBF

triadic

#74B2BF #BF74B2 #B2BF74

tetradic

#74B2BF #A674BF #BF8174 #8CBF74

square

#74B2BF #A674BF #BF8174 #8CBF74

split-complementary

#74B2BF #BF748C #BFA674

monochromatic

#3A737E #4D99A8 #74B2BF #9EC9D2 #C8E0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#74B2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#74B2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B2BF

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B2BF	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AEC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56B8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 178, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.066 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc9d2',
    500: '#74b2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b2bf;
$custom-light: #9fc9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.4,
    "s": 36.946,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72616,
    "c": 0.06634,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B2BF

secondary

#D6BEB9

accent

#4B36B0

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B2BF

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

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