#74BBCF#74BBCF

#74BBCF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.077 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BBCF
RGB	rgb(116, 187, 207)
HSL	hsl(193, 49%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(193, 44%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 9.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, -17.05, -17.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 24.11, 224.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.0607 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.077 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2312, 43.7560, 65.5559)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BBCF #CF8874

analogous

#74CFB5 #74BBCF #748DCF

triadic

#74BBCF #CF74BB #BBCF74

tetradic

#74BBCF #B574CF #CF8874 #8DCF74

square

#74BBCF #B574CF #CF8874 #8DCF74

split-complementary

#74BBCF #CF748D #CFB574

monochromatic

#338095 #47A5BF #74BBCF #A1D1DF #CFE8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#74BBCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#74BBCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BBCF

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BBCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BBCF	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BC2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bbcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 187, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.077 217.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bbcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.187,
    "s": 48.663,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7525,
    "c": 0.07674,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BBCF

secondary

#E0C6BF

accent

#4A2ABC

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BBCF

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

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