#74BBCE#74BBCE

#74BBCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.076 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BBCE
RGB	rgb(116, 187, 206)
HSL	hsl(193, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(193, 44%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 9.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -17.32, -16.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 23.95, 223.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0611 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.076 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.1093, 43.7072, 64.9141)
Luminance	0.4371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BBCE #CE8774

analogous

#74CEB4 #74BBCE #748ECE

triadic

#74BBCE #CE74BB #BBCE74

tetradic

#74BBCE #B474CE #CE8774 #8ECE74

square

#74BBCE #B474CE #CE8774 #8ECE74

split-complementary

#74BBCE #CE748E #CEB474

monochromatic

#347F94 #47A5BE #74BBCE #A1D1DE #CEE7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#74BBCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#74BBCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BBCE

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BBCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BBCE	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BC2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bbce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 187, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.076 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cfdd',
    500: '#74bbce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bbce;
$custom-light: #a1cfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bbce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.667,
    "s": 47.872,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75213,
    "c": 0.07621,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BBCE

secondary

#DFC6BF

accent

#492ABB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BBCE

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

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