#74BCDE#74BCDE

#74BCDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.087 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BCDE
RGB	rgb(116, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(199, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.86, -13.49, -24.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.86, 27.54, 240.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.0562 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.087 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3657, 44.9504, 75.7476)
Luminance	0.4495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BCDE #DE9674

analogous

#74DECB #74BCDE #7487DE

triadic

#74BCDE #DE74BC #BCDE74

tetradic

#74BCDE #CB74DE #DE9674 #87DE74

square

#74BCDE #CB74DE #DE9674 #87DE74

split-complementary

#74BCDE #DE7487 #DECB74

monochromatic

#2984AE #43A4D2 #74BCDE #A5D4EA #D7ECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#74BCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#74BCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BCDE

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BCDE	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FC6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.087 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0e8',
    500: '#74bcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bcde;
$custom-light: #a2d0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.245,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76051,
    "c": 0.08711,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BCDE

secondary

#E8D1C6

accent

#541CC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BCDE

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

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