#74BBD9#74BBD9

#74BBD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.083 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BBD9
RGB	rgb(116, 187, 217)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(198, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -14.35, -21.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 26.25, 236.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.0569 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.083 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4926, 44.2606, 72.1996)
Luminance	0.4426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BBD9 #D99274

analogous

#74D9C5 #74BBD9 #7488D9

triadic

#74BBD9 #D974BB #BBD974

tetradic

#74BBD9 #C574D9 #D99274 #88D974

square

#74BBD9 #C574D9 #D99274 #88D974

split-complementary

#74BBD9 #D97488 #D9C574

monochromatic

#2D82A5 #44A3CC #74BBD9 #A4D3E6 #D4EAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#74BBD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#74BBD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BBD9

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BBD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BBD9	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB8DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CADD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bbd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 187, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.083 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cfe4',
    500: '#74bbd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bbd9;
$custom-light: #a1cfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bbd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.822,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7563,
    "c": 0.08329,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BBD9

secondary

#E5CDC3

accent

#5221C5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BBD9

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

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