#74BBD7#74BBD7

#74BBD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.082 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BBD7
RGB	rgb(116, 187, 215)
HSL	hsl(197, 55%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 46%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 13%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.33, -14.90, -21.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.33, 25.75, 234.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0577 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.082 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2341, 44.1571, 70.8379)
Luminance	0.4416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BBD7 #D79074

analogous

#74D7C2 #74BBD7 #7489D7

triadic

#74BBD7 #D774BB #BBD774

tetradic

#74BBD7 #C274D7 #D79074 #89D774

square

#74BBD7 #C274D7 #D79074 #89D774

split-complementary

#74BBD7 #D77489 #D7C274

monochromatic

#2F81A2 #44A4C9 #74BBD7 #A4D2E5 #D3E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#74BBD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#74BBD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BBD7

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BBD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BBD7	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB8D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DADD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bbd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 187, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.082 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cfe3',
    500: '#74bbd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bbd7;
$custom-light: #a1cfe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bbd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.97,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75552,
    "c": 0.08181,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BBD7

secondary

#E4CCC3

accent

#5023C3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BBD7

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →