#74BBD8#74BBD8

#74BBD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.083 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BBD8
RGB	rgb(116, 187, 216)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 46%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 13.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, -14.62, -21.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 26.00, 235.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0573 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.083 226)
XYZ	xyz(37.3630, 44.2087, 71.5167)
Luminance	0.4421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BBD8 #D89174

analogous

#74D8C3 #74BBD8 #7489D8

triadic

#74BBD8 #D874BB #BBD874

tetradic

#74BBD8 #C374D8 #D89174 #89D874

square

#74BBD8 #C374D8 #D89174 #89D874

split-complementary

#74BBD8 #D87489 #D8C374

monochromatic

#2E82A4 #44A4CB #74BBD8 #A4D2E5 #D4EAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#74BBD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#74BBD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BBD8

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BBD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BBD8	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB8DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DADD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bbd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 187, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.083 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cfe4',
    500: '#74bbd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bbd8;
$custom-light: #a1cfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bbd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.4,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75591,
    "c": 0.08254,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.44212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BBD8

secondary

#E5CDC3

accent

#5122C4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BBD8

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

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