#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
RGB	rgb(116, 184, 208)
HSL	hsl(196, 49%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 44%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 11.5%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -15.22, -18.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 24.21, 231.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0567 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.077 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7240, 42.5455, 65.9919)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##74B8D0	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

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.

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