#74BBD2#74BBD2

#74BBD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.078 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BBD2
RGB	rgb(116, 187, 210)
HSL	hsl(195, 51%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 45%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 11%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -16.25, -18.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 24.65, 228.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.0595 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.078 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6014, 43.9041, 67.5059)
Luminance	0.4391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BBD2 #D28B74

analogous

#74D2BA #74BBD2 #748CD2

triadic

#74BBD2 #D274BB #BBD274

tetradic

#74BBD2 #BA74D2 #D28B74 #8CD274

square

#74BBD2 #BA74D2 #D28B74 #8CD274

split-complementary

#74BBD2 #D2748C #D2BA74

monochromatic

#32809A #46A4C3 #74BBD2 #A2D2E1 #D0E8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#74BBD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#74BBD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BBD2

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BBD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BBD2	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB7D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FACD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bbd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 187, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.078 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cfdf',
    500: '#74bbd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bbd2;
$custom-light: #a1cfdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bbd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.681,
    "s": 51.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75362,
    "c": 0.07848,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BBD2

secondary

#E1C8C0

accent

#4C27BE

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BBD2

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

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