#74BDCF#74BDCF

#74BDCF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.077 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BDCF
RGB	rgb(116, 189, 207)
HSL	hsl(192, 49%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(192, 44%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, -18.09, -16.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 24.27, 221.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.0631 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.077 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6584, 44.6105, 65.6983)
Luminance	0.4461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BDCF #CF8674

analogous

#74CFB3 #74BDCF #748FCF

triadic

#74BDCF #CF74BD #BDCF74

tetradic

#74BDCF #B374CF #CF8674 #8FCF74

square

#74BDCF #B374CF #CF8674 #8FCF74

split-complementary

#74BDCF #CF748F #CFB374

monochromatic

#338295 #47A7BF #74BDCF #A1D3DF #CFE8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#74BDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#74BDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BDCF

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BDCF	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AC4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 189, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.077 215.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.868,
    "s": 48.663,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75704,
    "c": 0.07724,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BDCF

secondary

#E0C6BF

accent

#472ABC

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BDCF

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

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