#74BCDF#74BCDF

#74BCDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.088 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BCDF
RGB	rgb(116, 188, 223)
HSL	hsl(200, 63%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(200, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 15.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.89, -13.22, -24.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.89, 27.84, 241.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% -0.0559 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.088 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5001, 45.0042, 76.4556)
Luminance	0.4501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BCDF #DF9774

analogous

#74DFCD #74BCDF #7487DF

triadic

#74BCDF #DF74BC #BCDF74

tetradic

#74BCDF #CD74DF #DF9774 #87DF74

square

#74BCDF #CD74DF #DF9774 #87DF74

split-complementary

#74BCDF #DF7487 #DFCD74

monochromatic

#2984B0 #42A4D4 #74BCDF #A6D4EA #D7ECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#74BCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#74BCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BCDF

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BCDF	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBAE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAEDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EC6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 188, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.088 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0e9',
    500: '#74bcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bcdf;
$custom-light: #a2d0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.626,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76091,
    "c": 0.08794,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BCDF

secondary

#E9D1C6

accent

#541BCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BCDF

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

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