#74BCD6#74BCD6

#74BCD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.081 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BCD6
RGB	rgb(116, 188, 214)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 46%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 12.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -15.69, -20.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 25.48, 231.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0592 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.081 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3189, 44.5317, 70.2342)
Luminance	0.4453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BCD6 #D68E74

analogous

#74D6BF #74BCD6 #748BD6

triadic

#74BCD6 #D674BC #BCD674

tetradic

#74BCD6 #BF74D6 #D68E74 #8BD674

square

#74BCD6 #BF74D6 #D68E74 #8BD674

split-complementary

#74BCD6 #D6748B #D6BF74

monochromatic

#2F82A0 #45A5C8 #74BCD6 #A3D3E4 #D3EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#74BCD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#74BCD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BCD6

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BCD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BCD6	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)

#ADB8D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EADD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bcd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 188, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.081 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d0e2',
    500: '#74bcd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bcd6;
$custom-light: #a1d0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bcd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.918,
    "s": 54.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75739,
    "c": 0.08112,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BCD6

secondary

#E4CBC2

accent

#4E24C2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BCD6

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

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