#74BADD#74BADD

#74BADD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.087 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BADD
RGB	rgb(116, 186, 221)
HSL	hsl(200, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(200, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 15.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, -12.71, -24.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 27.50, 242.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0543 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.087 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8078, 44.0484, 74.9025)
Luminance	0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BADD #DD9774

analogous

#74DDCB #74BADD #7485DD

triadic

#74BADD #DD74BA #BADD74

tetradic

#74BADD #CB74DD #DD9774 #85DD74

square

#74BADD #CB74DD #DD9774 #85DD74

split-complementary

#74BADD #DD7485 #DDCB74

monochromatic

#2A81AC #43A2D1 #74BADD #A5D2E9 #D6EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#74BADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#74BADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BADD

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BADD	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AACDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74badd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 186, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.087 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cee7',
    500: '#74badd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74badd;
$custom-light: #a2cee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74badd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75564,
    "c": 0.08666,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BADD

secondary

#E8D1C5

accent

#561DC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BADD

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

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