#74BCD9#74BCD9

#74BCD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.083 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BCD9
RGB	rgb(116, 188, 217)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 13.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, -14.87, -21.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 26.19, 235.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.0581 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.083 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7055, 44.6863, 72.2706)
Luminance	0.4469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BCD9 #D99174

analogous

#74D9C4 #74BCD9 #7489D9

triadic

#74BCD9 #D974BC #BCD974

tetradic

#74BCD9 #C474D9 #D99174 #89D974

square

#74BCD9 #C474D9 #D99174 #89D974

split-complementary

#74BCD9 #D97489 #D9C474

monochromatic

#2D83A5 #44A5CC #74BCD9 #A4D3E6 #D4EAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#74BCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#74BCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BCD9

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BCD9	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB9DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DADD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 188, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.083 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d0e4',
    500: '#74bcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bcd9;
$custom-light: #a1d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.228,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75855,
    "c": 0.08323,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BCD9

secondary

#E5CDC3

accent

#5021C5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BCD9

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

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