#74BBDE#74BBDE

#74BBDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.087 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BBDE
RGB	rgb(116, 187, 222)
HSL	hsl(200, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(200, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 15.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -12.97, -24.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 27.67, 242.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.0551 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.087 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1528, 44.5246, 75.6767)
Luminance	0.4453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BBDE #DE9774

analogous

#74DECC #74BBDE #7486DE

triadic

#74BBDE #DE74BB #BBDE74

tetradic

#74BBDE #CC74DE #DE9774 #86DE74

square

#74BBDE #CC74DE #DE9774 #86DE74

split-complementary

#74BBDE #DE7486 #DECC74

monochromatic

#2982AE #43A3D2 #74BBDE #A5D3EA #D7EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#74BBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#74BBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BBDE

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BBDE	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AADDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 187, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.087 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cfe8',
    500: '#74bbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bbde;
$custom-light: #a2cfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.811,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75828,
    "c": 0.08731,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BBDE

secondary

#E8D1C6

accent

#551CC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BBDE

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

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