#74BCD7#74BCD7

#74BCD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.082 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BCD7
RGB	rgb(116, 188, 215)
HSL	hsl(196, 55%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 46%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 12.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, -15.42, -20.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 25.71, 233.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0588 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.082 224)
XYZ	xyz(37.4470, 44.5829, 70.9089)
Luminance	0.4459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BCD7 #D78F74

analogous

#74D7C1 #74BCD7 #748AD7

triadic

#74BCD7 #D774BC #BCD774

tetradic

#74BCD7 #C174D7 #D78F74 #8AD774

square

#74BCD7 #C174D7 #D78F74 #8AD774

split-complementary

#74BCD7 #D7748A #D7C174

monochromatic

#2F83A2 #44A5C9 #74BCD7 #A4D3E5 #D3EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#74BCD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#74BCD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BCD7

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BCD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BCD7	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB9D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EADD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bcd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 188, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.082 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d0e3',
    500: '#74bcd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bcd7;
$custom-light: #a1d0e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bcd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75778,
    "c": 0.0818,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.44586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BCD7

secondary

#E4CCC3

accent

#4E23C3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BCD7

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

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