#74B2DB#74B2DB

#74B2DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.087 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B2DB
RGB	rgb(116, 178, 219)
HSL	hsl(204, 59%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(204, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 18.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -8.99, -26.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 28.31, 251.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0456 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.087 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9045, 40.6656, 72.9613)
Luminance	0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B2DB #DB9D74

analogous

#74DBD0 #74B2DB #747EDB

triadic

#74B2DB #DB74B2 #B2DB74

tetradic

#74B2DB #D074DB #DB9D74 #7EDB74

square

#74B2DB #D074DB #DB9D74 #7EDB74

split-complementary

#74B2DB #DB747E #DBD074

monochromatic

#2C77A9 #4397CE #74B2DB #A5CDE8 #D5E8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#74B2DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#74B2DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B2DB

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B2DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B2DB	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A6DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b2db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 178, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.087 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c9e6',
    500: '#74b2db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b2db;
$custom-light: #a1c9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b2db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.883,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73701,
    "c": 0.08737,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B2DB

secondary

#E7D2C4

accent

#621FC6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B2DB

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

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