#74B2CD#74B2CD

#74B2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.075 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B2CD
RGB	rgb(116, 178, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 13.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, -12.86, -19.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 23.72, 237.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0506 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.075 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1384, 39.9592, 63.6597)
Luminance	0.3996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B2CD #CD8F74

analogous

#74CDBB #74B2CD #7485CD

triadic

#74B2CD #CD74B2 #B2CD74

tetradic

#74B2CD #BB74CD #CD8F74 #85CD74

square

#74B2CD #BB74CD #CD8F74 #85CD74

split-complementary

#74B2CD #CD7485 #CDBB74

monochromatic

#357692 #4799BD #74B2CD #A1CBDD #CEE4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#74B2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#74B2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B2CD

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B2CD	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EBABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 178, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.075 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c9dc',
    500: '#74b2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b2cd;
$custom-light: #a0c9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.202,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73138,
    "c": 0.07476,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B2CD

secondary

#DEC8BE

accent

#572BBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B2CD

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

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