#74BBCD#74BBCD

#74BBCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.076 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BBCD
RGB	rgb(116, 187, 205)
HSL	hsl(192, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(192, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 8.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, -17.59, -16.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 23.81, 222.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0615 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.076 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9882, 43.6588, 64.2763)
Luminance	0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BBCD #CD8674

analogous

#74CDB2 #74BBCD #748ECD

triadic

#74BBCD #CD74BB #BBCD74

tetradic

#74BBCD #B274CD #CD8674 #8ECD74

square

#74BBCD #B274CD #CD8674 #8ECD74

split-complementary

#74BBCD #CD748E #CDB274

monochromatic

#357F92 #47A5BD #74BBCD #A1D1DD #CEE7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#74BBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#74BBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BBCD

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BBCD	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)

#AEB7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CC2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 187, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.076 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cfdc',
    500: '#74bbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bbcd;
$custom-light: #a0cfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.135,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75176,
    "c": 0.07571,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BBCD

secondary

#DEC5BE

accent

#482BBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BBCD

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

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