#74BDCE#74BDCE

#74BDCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.077 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BDCE
RGB	rgb(116, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(191, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 44%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, -18.36, -15.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 24.15, 220.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% -0.0635 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.077 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5365, 44.5617, 65.0565)
Luminance	0.4456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BDCE #CE8574

analogous

#74CEB2 #74BDCE #7490CE

triadic

#74BDCE #CE74BD #BDCE74

tetradic

#74BDCE #B274CE #CE8574 #90CE74

square

#74BDCE #B274CE #CE8574 #90CE74

split-complementary

#74BDCE #CE7490 #CEB274

monochromatic

#348294 #47A8BE #74BDCE #A1D2DE #CEE8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#74BDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#74BDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BDCE

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BDCE	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BC4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.077 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d1dd',
    500: '#74bdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bdce;
$custom-light: #a1d1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.333,
    "s": 47.872,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75668,
    "c": 0.07677,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BDCE

secondary

#DFC5BF

accent

#462ABB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BDCE

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

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