#74B3CE#74B3CE

#74B3CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.075 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B3CE
RGB	rgb(116, 179, 206)
HSL	hsl(198, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 44%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 13.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -13.12, -19.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 23.91, 236.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.0515 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.075 227)
XYZ	xyz(34.4592, 40.4070, 64.3641)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B3CE #CE8F74

analogous

#74CEBC #74B3CE #7486CE

triadic

#74B3CE #CE74B3 #B3CE74

tetradic

#74B3CE #BC74CE #CE8F74 #86CE74

square

#74B3CE #BC74CE #CE8F74 #86CE74

split-complementary

#74B3CE #CE7486 #CEBC74

monochromatic

#347794 #479ABE #74B3CE #A1CCDE #CEE4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#74B3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#74B3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B3CE

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B3CE	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A6CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DBBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 179, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.075 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c9dd',
    500: '#74b3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b3ce;
$custom-light: #a0c9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 47.872,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73402,
    "c": 0.07547,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.40409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B3CE

secondary

#DFC8BF

accent

#562ABB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B3CE

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

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