#74B5CC#74B5CC

#74B5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.074 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B5CC
RGB	rgb(116, 181, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 46%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -14.72, -18.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 23.36, 230.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.0547 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.074 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6215, 41.1179, 63.2272)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B5CC #CC8B74

analogous

#74CCB7 #74B5CC #7489CC

triadic

#74B5CC #CC74B5 #B5CC74

tetradic

#74B5CC #B774CC #CC8B74 #89CC74

square

#74B5CC #B774CC #CC8B74 #89CC74

split-complementary

#74B5CC #CC7489 #CCB774

monochromatic

#357991 #479DBC #74B5CC #A1CDDC #CEE5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#74B5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#74B5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B5CC

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B5CC	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EBCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 181, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.074 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cbdb',
    500: '#74b5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b5cc;
$custom-light: #a0cbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.682,
    "s": 46.316,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73778,
    "c": 0.07407,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B5CC

secondary

#DEC6BE

accent

#512CBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B5CC

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

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