#74B3CA#74B3CA

#74B3CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.073 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B3CA
RGB	rgb(116, 179, 202)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 11.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -14.20, -18.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 22.93, 231.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.053 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.073 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9794, 40.2151, 61.8374)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B3CA #CA8B74

analogous

#74CAB6 #74B3CA #7488CA

triadic

#74B3CA #CA74B3 #B3CA74

tetradic

#74B3CA #B674CA #CA8B74 #88CA74

square

#74B3CA #B674CA #CA8B74 #88CA74

split-complementary

#74B3CA #CA7488 #CAB674

monochromatic

#36768E #489BB9 #74B3CA #A0CBDB #CDE3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#74B3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#74B3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B3CA

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B3CA	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FBABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 179, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.073 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c9da',
    500: '#74b3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b3ca;
$custom-light: #a0c9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.047,
    "s": 44.792,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73249,
    "c": 0.07259,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B3CA

secondary

#DDC6BD

accent

#532EB8

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B3CA

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

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