#74BCDA#74BCDA

#74BCDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.084 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BCDA
RGB	rgb(116, 188, 218)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(198, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.72, -14.60, -22.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.72, 26.44, 236.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.0577 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.084 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8360, 44.7385, 72.9577)
Luminance	0.4474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BCDA #DA9274

analogous

#74DAC5 #74BCDA #7489DA

triadic

#74BCDA #DA74BC #BCDA74

tetradic

#74BCDA #C574DA #DA9274 #89DA74

square

#74BCDA #C574DA #DA9274 #89DA74

split-complementary

#74BCDA #DA7489 #DAC574

monochromatic

#2C83A7 #44A5CD #74BCDA #A4D3E7 #D5EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#74BCDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#74BCDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BCDA

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BCDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BCDA	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB9DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DADDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bcda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 188, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.084 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d0e5',
    500: '#74bcda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bcda;
$custom-light: #a1d0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bcda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75894,
    "c": 0.08397,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BCDA

secondary

#E6CEC4

accent

#5120C6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BCDA

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

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