#74B2CA#74B2CA

#74B2CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.073 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B2CA
RGB	rgb(116, 178, 202)
HSL	hsl(197, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 11.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -13.67, -18.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 22.95, 233.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0518 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.073 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7798, 39.8157, 61.7709)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B2CA #CA8C74

analogous

#74CAB7 #74B2CA #7487CA

triadic

#74B2CA #CA74B2 #B2CA74

tetradic

#74B2CA #B774CA #CA8C74 #87CA74

square

#74B2CA #B774CA #CA8C74 #87CA74

split-complementary

#74B2CA #CA7487 #CAB774

monochromatic

#36758E #4899B9 #74B2CA #A0CBDB #CDE3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#74B2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#74B2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B2CA

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B2CA	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 178, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.073 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c9da',
    500: '#74b2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b2ca;
$custom-light: #a0c9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.744,
    "s": 44.792,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73023,
    "c": 0.07255,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B2CA

secondary

#DDC6BD

accent

#542EB8

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B2CA

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

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