#74BCDB#74BCDB

#74BCDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.085 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BCDB
RGB	rgb(116, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(198, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, -14.32, -22.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 26.71, 237.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0573 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.085 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9672, 44.7910, 73.6489)
Luminance	0.4479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BCDB #DB9374

analogous

#74DBC6 #74BCDB #7488DB

triadic

#74BCDB #DB74BC #BCDB74

tetradic

#74BCDB #C674DB #DB9374 #88DB74

square

#74BCDB #C674DB #DB9374 #88DB74

split-complementary

#74BCDB #DB7488 #DBC674

monochromatic

#2C83A9 #43A5CE #74BCDB #A5D3E8 #D5EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#74BCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#74BCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BCDB

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BCDB	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB9DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAEDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.085 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d0e6',
    500: '#74bcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bcdb;
$custom-light: #a1d0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.058,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75933,
    "c": 0.08473,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BCDB

secondary

#E7CFC4

accent

#511FC6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BCDB

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

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