#74BCD2#74BCD2

#74BCD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.079 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BCD2
RGB	rgb(116, 188, 210)
HSL	hsl(194, 51%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(194, 45%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 10.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -16.77, -18.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 24.68, 227.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0607 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.079 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.8143, 44.3298, 67.5768)
Luminance	0.4433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BCD2 #D28A74

analogous

#74D2B9 #74BCD2 #748DD2

triadic

#74BCD2 #D274BC #BCD274

tetradic

#74BCD2 #B974D2 #D28A74 #8DD274

square

#74BCD2 #B974D2 #D28A74 #8DD274

split-complementary

#74BCD2 #D2748D #D2B974

monochromatic

#32819A #46A6C3 #74BCD2 #A2D2E1 #D0E9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#74BCD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#74BCD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BCD2

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BCD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BCD2	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)

#AEB8D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ADD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bcd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 188, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.079 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d0df',
    500: '#74bcd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bcd2;
$custom-light: #a1d0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bcd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.043,
    "s": 51.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75588,
    "c": 0.07862,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BCD2

secondary

#E1C8C0

accent

#4A27BE

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BCD2

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

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