#74BAD5#74BAD5

#74BAD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.080 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BAD5
RGB	rgb(116, 186, 213)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 46%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 12.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -14.92, -20.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 25.31, 233.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.0572 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.08 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7673, 43.6322, 69.4223)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BAD5 #D58F74

analogous

#74D5C0 #74BAD5 #748AD5

triadic

#74BAD5 #D574BA #BAD574

tetradic

#74BAD5 #C074D5 #D58F74 #8AD574

square

#74BAD5 #C074D5 #D58F74 #8AD574

split-complementary

#74BAD5 #D5748A #D5C074

monochromatic

#30809F #45A3C7 #74BAD5 #A3D1E3 #D2E9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#74BAD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#74BAD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BAD5

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BAD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BAD5	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB7D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DACD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47C2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 186, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.080 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cee2',
    500: '#74bad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bad5;
$custom-light: #a1cee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.701,
    "s": 53.591,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7525,
    "c": 0.0804,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BAD5

secondary

#E3CBC2

accent

#5024C1

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BAD5

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

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