#74BBDB#74BBDB

#74BBDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.085 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BBDB
RGB	rgb(116, 187, 219)
HSL	hsl(199, 59%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(199, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 14.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -13.80, -22.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 26.79, 239.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% -0.0562 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.085 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.7543, 44.3653, 73.5779)
Luminance	0.4437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BBDB #DB9474

analogous

#74DBC7 #74BBDB #7487DB

triadic

#74BBDB #DB74BB #BBDB74

tetradic

#74BBDB #C774DB #DB9474 #87DB74

square

#74BBDB #C774DB #DB9474 #87DB74

split-complementary

#74BBDB #DB7487 #DBC774

monochromatic

#2C82A9 #43A3CE #74BBDB #A5D3E8 #D5EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#74BBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#74BBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BBDB

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BBDB	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CADDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 187, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.085 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cfe6',
    500: '#74bbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bbdb;
$custom-light: #a1cfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.641,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75708,
    "c": 0.08484,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BBDB

secondary

#E7CFC4

accent

#531FC6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BBDB

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

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