#74BCDD#74BCDD

#74BCDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.086 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BCDD
RGB	rgb(116, 188, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(199, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 14.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -13.77, -23.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 27.25, 239.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.0566 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.086 229)
XYZ	xyz(38.2321, 44.8970, 75.0439)
Luminance	0.4490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BCDD #DD9574

analogous

#74DDC9 #74BCDD #7487DD

triadic

#74BCDD #DD74BC #BCDD74

tetradic

#74BCDD #C974DD #DD9574 #87DD74

square

#74BCDD #C974DD #DD9574 #87DD74

split-complementary

#74BCDD #DD7487 #DDC974

monochromatic

#2A83AC #43A4D1 #74BCDD #A5D4E9 #D6EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#74BCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#74BCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BCDD

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BCDD	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40C5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 188, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.086 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0e7',
    500: '#74bcdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bcdd;
$custom-light: #a2d0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76011,
    "c": 0.08629,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BCDD

secondary

#E8D0C5

accent

#531DC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BCDD

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

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