#74BCD5#74BCD5

#74BCD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.080 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BCD5
RGB	rgb(116, 188, 213)
HSL	hsl(195, 54%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 46%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 11.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, -15.96, -19.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 25.27, 230.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.0596 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.08 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1915, 44.4807, 69.5637)
Luminance	0.4448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BCD5 #D58D74

analogous

#74D5BE #74BCD5 #748CD5

triadic

#74BCD5 #D574BC #BCD574

tetradic

#74BCD5 #BE74D5 #D58D74 #8CD574

square

#74BCD5 #BE74D5 #D58D74 #8CD574

split-complementary

#74BCD5 #D5748C #D5BE74

monochromatic

#30829F #45A5C7 #74BCD5 #A3D3E3 #D2E9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#74BCD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#74BCD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BCD5

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BCD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BCD5	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB8D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FADD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bcd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 188, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.080 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d0e2',
    500: '#74bcd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bcd5;
$custom-light: #a1d0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bcd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.464,
    "s": 53.591,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75701,
    "c": 0.08046,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BCD5

secondary

#E3CAC2

accent

#4D24C1

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BCD5

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

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