#74BBD4#74BBD4

#74BBD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.080 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BBD4
RGB	rgb(116, 187, 212)
HSL	hsl(196, 53%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 45%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 11.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, -15.71, -19.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 25.06, 231.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.0588 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.08 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8521, 44.0044, 68.8263)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BBD4 #D48D74

analogous

#74D4BD #74BBD4 #748BD4

triadic

#74BBD4 #D474BB #BBD474

tetradic

#74BBD4 #BD74D4 #D48D74 #8BD474

square

#74BBD4 #BD74D4 #D48D74 #8BD474

split-complementary

#74BBD4 #D4748B #D4BD74

monochromatic

#31819D #45A4C6 #74BBD4 #A3D2E2 #D1E9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#74BBD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#74BBD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BBD4

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BBD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BBD4	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB7D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EACD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bbd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 187, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.080 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cfe1',
    500: '#74bbd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bbd4;
$custom-light: #a1cfe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bbd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.625,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75437,
    "c": 0.07975,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BBD4

secondary

#E3CAC1

accent

#4E25C0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BBD4

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

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