#74B7CD#74B7CD

#74B7CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.075 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B7CD
RGB	rgb(116, 183, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -15.50, -17.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 23.58, 228.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0567 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.075 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1514, 41.9852, 63.9974)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B7CD #CD8A74

analogous

#74CDB6 #74B7CD #748BCD

triadic

#74B7CD #CD74B7 #B7CD74

tetradic

#74B7CD #B674CD #CD8A74 #8BCD74

square

#74B7CD #B674CD #CD8A74 #8BCD74

split-complementary

#74B7CD #CD748B #CDB674

monochromatic

#357B92 #47A0BD #74B7CD #A1CEDD #CEE6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#74B7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#74B7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B7CD

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B7CD	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DBEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 183, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.075 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0ccdc',
    500: '#74b7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b7cd;
$custom-light: #a0ccdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.831,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74268,
    "c": 0.07492,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B7CD

secondary

#DEC6BE

accent

#4F2BBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B7CD

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

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