#74BBDD#74BBDD

#74BBDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.086 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BBDD
RGB	rgb(116, 187, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(199, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 15.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -13.24, -23.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 27.37, 241.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0554 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.086 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0192, 44.4712, 74.9729)
Luminance	0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BBDD #DD9674

analogous

#74DDCB #74BBDD #7486DD

triadic

#74BBDD #DD74BB #BBDD74

tetradic

#74BBDD #CB74DD #DD9674 #86DD74

square

#74BBDD #CB74DD #DD9674 #86DD74

split-complementary

#74BBDD #DD7486 #DDCB74

monochromatic

#2A82AC #43A3D1 #74BBDD #A5D3E9 #D6EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#74BBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#74BBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BBDD

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BBDD	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BADDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 187, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.086 230.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.429,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75788,
    "c": 0.08647,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BBDD

secondary

#E8D0C5

accent

#551DC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BBDD

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

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