#74BBDC#74BBDC

#74BBDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.086 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BBDC
RGB	rgb(116, 187, 220)
HSL	hsl(199, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(199, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 15%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, -13.52, -23.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 27.08, 240.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.0558 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.086 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8864, 44.4181, 74.2734)
Luminance	0.4442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BBDC #DC9574

analogous

#74DCC9 #74BBDC #7487DC

triadic

#74BBDC #DC74BB #BBDC74

tetradic

#74BBDC #C974DC #DC9574 #87DC74

square

#74BBDC #C974DC #DC9574 #87DC74

split-complementary

#74BBDC #DC7487 #DCC974

monochromatic

#2B82AB #43A3D0 #74BBDC #A5D3E8 #D6EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#74BBDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#74BBDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BBDC

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BBDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BBDC	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BADDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bbdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 187, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.086 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cfe7',
    500: '#74bbdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bbdc;
$custom-light: #a2cfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bbdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.038,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75748,
    "c": 0.08564,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BBDC

secondary

#E7D0C5

accent

#541EC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BBDC

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

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