#74BCD4#74BCD4

#74BCD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.080 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BCD4
RGB	rgb(116, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(195, 53%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 45%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -16.23, -19.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 25.06, 229.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.06 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.08 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0650, 44.4301, 68.8973)
Luminance	0.4443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BCD4 #D48C74

analogous

#74D4BC #74BCD4 #748CD4

triadic

#74BCD4 #D474BC #BCD474

tetradic

#74BCD4 #BC74D4 #D48C74 #8CD474

square

#74BCD4 #BC74D4 #D48C74 #8CD474

split-complementary

#74BCD4 #D4748C #D4BC74

monochromatic

#31829D #45A5C6 #74BCD4 #A3D3E2 #D1E9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#74BCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#74BCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BCD4

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BCD4	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)

#AEB8D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FADD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.080 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d0e1',
    500: '#74bcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bcd4;
$custom-light: #a1d0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75663,
    "c": 0.07982,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BCD4

secondary

#E3CAC1

accent

#4C25C0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BCD4

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

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