#74BBD6#74BBD6

#74BBD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.081 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BBD6
RGB	rgb(116, 187, 214)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 46%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 12.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.30, -15.17, -20.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.30, 25.51, 233.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.058 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.081 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1060, 44.1059, 70.1633)
Luminance	0.4411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BBD6 #D68F74

analogous

#74D6C0 #74BBD6 #748AD6

triadic

#74BBD6 #D674BB #BBD674

tetradic

#74BBD6 #C074D6 #D68F74 #8AD674

square

#74BBD6 #C074D6 #D68F74 #8AD674

split-complementary

#74BBD6 #D6748A #D6C074

monochromatic

#2F81A0 #45A4C8 #74BBD6 #A3D2E4 #D3E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#74BBD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#74BBD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BBD6

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BBD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BBD6	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB8D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DACD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bbd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 187, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.081 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cfe2',
    500: '#74bbd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bbd6;
$custom-light: #a1cfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bbd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.531,
    "s": 54.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75514,
    "c": 0.0811,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BBD6

secondary

#E4CBC2

accent

#4F24C2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BBD6

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

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