#74B5C5#74B5C5

#74B5C5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.070 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B5C5
RGB	rgb(116, 181, 197)
HSL	hsl(192, 41%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(192, 41%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 8.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -16.57, -14.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 22.11, 221.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0574 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.07 215)
XYZ	xyz(33.8008, 40.7896, 58.9046)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B5C5 #C58474

analogous

#74C5AD #74B5C5 #748DC5

triadic

#74B5C5 #C574B5 #B5C574

tetradic

#74B5C5 #AD74C5 #C58474 #8DC574

square

#74B5C5 #AD74C5 #C58474 #8DC574

split-complementary

#74B5C5 #C5748D #C5AD74

monochromatic

#387786 #4A9DB2 #74B5C5 #9FCCD7 #CAE3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#74B5C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#74B5C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B5C5

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B5C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B5C5	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B1C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA7C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b5c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 181, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.070 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cbd6',
    500: '#74b5c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b5c5;
$custom-light: #a0cbd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b5c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.852,
    "s": 41.117,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73518,
    "c": 0.07009,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.40792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B5C5

secondary

#DAC1BB

accent

#4B31B4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B5C5

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

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