#74B2C0#74B2C0

#74B2C0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.067 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B2C0
RGB	rgb(116, 178, 192)
HSL	hsl(191, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 7.3%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -16.30, -13.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 21.12, 219.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.0557 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.067 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6339, 39.3574, 55.7361)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B2C0 #C08274

analogous

#74C0A8 #74B2C0 #748CC0

triadic

#74B2C0 #C074B2 #B2C074

tetradic

#74B2C0 #A874C0 #C08274 #8CC074

square

#74B2C0 #A874C0 #C08274 #8CC074

split-complementary

#74B2C0 #C0748C #C0A874

monochromatic

#3A7380 #4D99AA #74B2C0 #9EC9D3 #C8E1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#74B2C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#74B2C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B2C0

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B2C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B2C0	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AEC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55B8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b2c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 178, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.067 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc9d3',
    500: '#74b2c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b2c0;
$custom-light: #9fc9d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b2c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.053,
    "s": 37.624,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72652,
    "c": 0.06677,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B2C0

secondary

#D6BFB9

accent

#4C35B1

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B2C0

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

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