#74B8D0#74B8D0

#74B8D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.077 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74B8D0
RGBrgb(116, 184, 208)
HSLhsl(196, 49%, 64%)
HSVhsv(196, 44%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(44.2%, 11.5%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LABlab(71.25, -15.22, -18.83)
CIE-LCHlch(71.25, 24.21, 231.05°)
OKLaboklab(74.61% -0.0567 -0.0519)
OKLCHoklch(74.61% 0.077 222.5)
XYZxyz(35.7240, 42.5455, 65.9919)
Luminance0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74B8D0 #D08C74
analogous
#74D0BA #74B8D0 #748AD0
triadic
#74B8D0 #D074B8 #B8D074
tetradic
#74B8D0 #BA74D0 #D08C74 #8AD074
square
#74B8D0 #BA74D0 #D08C74 #8AD074
split-complementary
#74B8D0 #D0748A #D0BA74
monochromatic
#337D97 #46A1C1 #74B8D0 #A2CFDF #CFE7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21
#74B8D0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51
#74B8D0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B8D0
9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74B8D0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##74B8D01.002.219.519.51
#FFFFFF2.211.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5121.001.001.00
##0000009.5121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AAB5D1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9CAAD0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#4BC0BF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74b8d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 184, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.077 222.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cdde',
    500: '#74b8d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74b8d0;
$custom-light: #a1cdde;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74b8d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 49.462,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74608,
    "c": 0.07692,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74B8D0
secondary
#E0C8C0
accent
#4F29BD
background
#FAFCFD
surface
#F4F9FB
border
#CED2D4
text
#0F1315
muted
#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B8D0

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#74B8D0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva