#74BBD3#74BBD3

#74BBD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.079 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BBD3
RGB	rgb(116, 187, 211)
HSL	hsl(195, 52%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 45%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 11.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -15.98, -19.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 24.85, 229.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% -0.0592 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.079 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7264, 43.9541, 68.1641)
Luminance	0.4396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BBD3 #D38C74

analogous

#74D3BC #74BBD3 #748CD3

triadic

#74BBD3 #D374BB #BBD374

tetradic

#74BBD3 #BC74D3 #D38C74 #8CD374

square

#74BBD3 #BC74D3 #D38C74 #8CD374

split-complementary

#74BBD3 #D3748C #D3BC74

monochromatic

#31819B #46A4C4 #74BBD3 #A2D2E2 #D1E8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#74BBD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#74BBD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BBD3

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BBD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BBD3	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB7D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EACD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bbd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 187, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.079 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cfe0',
    500: '#74bbd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bbd3;
$custom-light: #a1cfe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bbd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.158,
    "s": 51.913,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75399,
    "c": 0.0791,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BBD3

secondary

#E2C9C1

accent

#4D26BF

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BBD3

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

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