#74BBCC#74BBCC

#74BBCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.075 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BBCC
RGB	rgb(116, 187, 204)
HSL	hsl(192, 46%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(192, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 8.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -17.85, -15.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 23.68, 221.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.0619 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.075 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8679, 43.6107, 63.6427)
Luminance	0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BBCC #CC8574

analogous

#74CCB1 #74BBCC #748FCC

triadic

#74BBCC #CC74BB #BBCC74

tetradic

#74BBCC #B174CC #CC8574 #8FCC74

square

#74BBCC #B174CC #CC8574 #8FCC74

split-complementary

#74BBCC #CC748F #CCB174

monochromatic

#357F91 #47A5BC #74BBCC #A1D1DC #CEE7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#74BBCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#74BBCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BBCC

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BBCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BBCC	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CC2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bbcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 187, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.075 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cfdb',
    500: '#74bbcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bbcc;
$custom-light: #a0cfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bbcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.591,
    "s": 46.316,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75139,
    "c": 0.07524,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BBCC

secondary

#DEC4BE

accent

#472CBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BBCC

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

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