#74BDD2#74BDD2

#74BDD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.079 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BDD2
RGB	rgb(116, 189, 210)
HSL	hsl(193, 51%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(193, 45%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 10%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -17.29, -17.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 24.72, 225.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.0619 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.079 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0287, 44.7586, 67.6483)
Luminance	0.4476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BDD2 #D28974

analogous

#74D2B8 #74BDD2 #748ED2

triadic

#74BDD2 #D274BD #BDD274

tetradic

#74BDD2 #B874D2 #D28974 #8ED274

square

#74BDD2 #B874D2 #D28974 #8ED274

split-complementary

#74BDD2 #D2748E #D2B874

monochromatic

#32839A #46A7C3 #74BDD2 #A2D3E1 #D0E9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#74BDD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#74BDD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BDD2

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BDD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BDD2	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB9D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1AED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bdd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 189, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.079 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d1df',
    500: '#74bdd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bdd2;
$custom-light: #a1d1df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bdd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.404,
    "s": 51.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75815,
    "c": 0.07878,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BDD2

secondary

#E1C8C0

accent

#4927BE

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BDD2

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

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