#74B6CA#74B6CA

#74B6CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.073 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B6CA
RGB	rgb(116, 182, 202)
HSL	hsl(194, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 9.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -15.78, -16.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 22.98, 226.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.0566 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.073 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5873, 41.4307, 62.0400)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B6CA #CA8874

analogous

#74CAB3 #74B6CA #748BCA

triadic

#74B6CA #CA74B6 #B6CA74

tetradic

#74B6CA #B374CA #CA8874 #8BCA74

square

#74B6CA #B374CA #CA8874 #8BCA74

split-complementary

#74B6CA #CA748B #CAB374

monochromatic

#36798E #489FB9 #74B6CA #A0CDDB #CDE5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#74B6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#74B6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B6CA

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B6CA	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FBDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 182, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.073 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0ccda',
    500: '#74b6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b6ca;
$custom-light: #a0ccda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.953,
    "s": 44.792,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73929,
    "c": 0.07297,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B6CA

secondary

#DDC4BD

accent

#4E2EB8

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B6CA

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

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