#74BDCD#74BDCD

#74BDCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.076 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BDCD
RGB	rgb(116, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -18.62, -15.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 24.03, 219.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.0639 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.076 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4155, 44.5133, 64.4188)
Luminance	0.4452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BDCD #CD8474

analogous

#74CDB1 #74BDCD #7490CD

triadic

#74BDCD #CD74BD #BDCD74

tetradic

#74BDCD #B174CD #CD8474 #90CD74

square

#74BDCD #B174CD #CD8474 #90CD74

split-complementary

#74BDCD #CD7490 #CDB174

monochromatic

#358192 #47A8BD #74BDCD #A1D2DD #CEE8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#74BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#74BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BDCD

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BDCD	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BC4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.076 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d1dc',
    500: '#74bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bdcd;
$custom-light: #a1d1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.787,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75631,
    "c": 0.07634,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BDCD

secondary

#DEC4BE

accent

#452BBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BDCD

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

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