#74BBD0#74BBD0

#74BBD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.077 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BBD0
RGB	rgb(116, 187, 208)
HSL	hsl(194, 49%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(194, 44%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 10.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, -16.79, -17.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 24.28, 226.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.0603 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.077 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3538, 43.8050, 66.2018)
Luminance	0.4381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BBD0 #D08974

analogous

#74D0B7 #74BBD0 #748DD0

triadic

#74BBD0 #D074BB #BBD074

tetradic

#74BBD0 #B774D0 #D08974 #8DD074

square

#74BBD0 #B774D0 #D08974 #8DD074

split-complementary

#74BBD0 #D0748D #D0B774

monochromatic

#338097 #46A5C1 #74BBD0 #A2D1DF #CFE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#74BBD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#74BBD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BBD0

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BBD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BBD0	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB7D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FACD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AC2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bbd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 187, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.077 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cfde',
    500: '#74bbd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bbd0;
$custom-light: #a1cfde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bbd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.696,
    "s": 49.462,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75287,
    "c": 0.0773,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BBD0

secondary

#E0C7C0

accent

#4B29BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BBD0

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

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