#74BCD8#74BCD8

#74BCD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.083 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BCD8
RGB	rgb(116, 188, 216)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 46%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, -15.15, -21.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 25.94, 234.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.0585 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.083 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.5758, 44.6345, 71.5877)
Luminance	0.4464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BCD8 #D89074

analogous

#74D8C2 #74BCD8 #748AD8

triadic

#74BCD8 #D874BC #BCD874

tetradic

#74BCD8 #C274D8 #D89074 #8AD874

square

#74BCD8 #C274D8 #D89074 #8AD874

split-complementary

#74BCD8 #D8748A #D8C274

monochromatic

#2E83A4 #44A5CB #74BCD8 #A4D3E5 #D4EAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#74BCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#74BCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BCD8

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BCD8	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB9DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EADD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 188, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.083 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d0e4',
    500: '#74bcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bcd8;
$custom-light: #a1d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75816,
    "c": 0.0825,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BCD8

secondary

#E5CCC3

accent

#4F22C4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BCD8

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

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