#74B5CD#74B5CD

#74B5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.075 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B5CD
RGB	rgb(116, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -14.45, -18.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 23.58, 232.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0543 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.075 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7418, 41.1661, 63.8609)
Luminance	0.4117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B5CD #CD8C74

analogous

#74CDB9 #74B5CD #7488CD

triadic

#74B5CD #CD74B5 #B5CD74

tetradic

#74B5CD #B974CD #CD8C74 #88CD74

square

#74B5CD #B974CD #CD8C74 #88CD74

split-complementary

#74B5CD #CD7488 #CDB974

monochromatic

#357992 #479DBD #74B5CD #A1CDDD #CEE5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#74B5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#74B5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B5CD

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B5CD	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DBDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.075 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cbdc',
    500: '#74b5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b5cd;
$custom-light: #a0cbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.18,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73815,
    "c": 0.07474,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B5CD

secondary

#DEC7BE

accent

#522BBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B5CD

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

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