#74BBD5#74BBD5

#74BBD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.080 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BBD5
RGB	rgb(116, 187, 213)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 46%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 12.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -15.44, -20.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 25.28, 232.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0584 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.08 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9787, 44.0550, 69.4927)
Luminance	0.4406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BBD5 #D58E74

analogous

#74D5BE #74BBD5 #748BD5

triadic

#74BBD5 #D574BB #BBD574

tetradic

#74BBD5 #BE74D5 #D58E74 #8BD574

square

#74BBD5 #BE74D5 #D58E74 #8BD574

split-complementary

#74BBD5 #D5748B #D5BE74

monochromatic

#30819F #45A4C7 #74BBD5 #A3D2E3 #D2E9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#74BBD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#74BBD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BBD5

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BBD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BBD5	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB8D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EACD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bbd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 187, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.080 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cfe2',
    500: '#74bbd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bbd5;
$custom-light: #a1cfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bbd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.082,
    "s": 53.591,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75475,
    "c": 0.08041,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BBD5

secondary

#E3CBC2

accent

#4E24C1

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BBD5

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

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