#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
RGBrgb(116, 186, 213)
HSLhsl(197, 54%, 65%)
HSVhsv(197, 46%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(45.5%, 12.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(71.98, -14.92, -20.44)
CIE-LCHlch(71.98, 25.31, 233.88°)
OKLaboklab(75.25% -0.0572 -0.0565)
OKLCHoklch(75.25% 0.08 224.6)
XYZxyz(36.7673, 43.6322, 69.4223)
Luminance0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##74BAD51.002.169.739.73
#FFFFFF2.161.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7321.001.001.00
##0000009.7321.001.001.00

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

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#74BAD5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva