#74BBDA#74BBDA

#74BBDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.084 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BBDA
RGB	rgb(116, 187, 218)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(198, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, -14.07, -22.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 26.52, 237.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% -0.0565 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.084 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6231, 44.3128, 72.8867)
Luminance	0.4432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BBDA #DA9374

analogous

#74DAC6 #74BBDA #7488DA

triadic

#74BBDA #DA74BB #BBDA74

tetradic

#74BBDA #C674DA #DA9374 #88DA74

square

#74BBDA #C674DA #DA9374 #88DA74

split-complementary

#74BBDA #DA7488 #DAC674

monochromatic

#2C82A7 #44A3CD #74BBDA #A4D3E7 #D5EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#74BBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#74BBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BBDA

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BBDA	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB8DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CADDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 187, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.084 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cfe5',
    500: '#74bbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bbda;
$custom-light: #a1cfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.235,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75669,
    "c": 0.08406,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BBDA

secondary

#E6CEC4

accent

#5220C6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BBDA

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

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