#74B5CE#74B5CE

#74B5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.075 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B5CE
RGB	rgb(116, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(197, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(197, 44%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -14.18, -19.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 23.81, 233.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0539 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.075 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8629, 41.2145, 64.4986)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B5CE #CE8D74

analogous

#74CEBA #74B5CE #7488CE

triadic

#74B5CE #CE74B5 #B5CE74

tetradic

#74B5CE #BA74CE #CE8D74 #88CE74

square

#74B5CE #BA74CE #CE8D74 #88CE74

split-complementary

#74B5CE #CE7488 #CEBA74

monochromatic

#347994 #479DBE #74B5CE #A1CDDE #CEE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#74B5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#74B5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B5CE

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B5CE	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DBDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.075 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cbdd',
    500: '#74b5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b5ce;
$custom-light: #a0cbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 47.872,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73854,
    "c": 0.07543,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B5CE

secondary

#DFC8BF

accent

#532ABB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B5CE

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

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