#74BDCC#74BDCC

#74BDCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.076 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BDCC
RGB	rgb(116, 189, 204)
HSL	hsl(190, 46%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(190, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 7.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -18.88, -14.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 23.93, 217.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.0643 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.076 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2951, 44.4652, 63.7851)
Luminance	0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BDCC #CC8374

analogous

#74CCAF #74BDCC #7491CC

triadic

#74BDCC #CC74BD #BDCC74

tetradic

#74BDCC #AF74CC #CC8374 #91CC74

square

#74BDCC #AF74CC #CC8374 #91CC74

split-complementary

#74BDCC #CC7491 #CCAF74

monochromatic

#358191 #47A8BC #74BDCC #A1D2DC #CEE8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#74BDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#74BDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BDCC

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BDCC	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ADCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CC4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 189, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.076 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d1db',
    500: '#74bdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bdcc;
$custom-light: #a1d1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.227,
    "s": 46.316,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75595,
    "c": 0.07592,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BDCC

secondary

#DEC3BE

accent

#442CBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BDCC

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

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