#74BED9#74BED9

#74BED9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.083 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BED9
RGB	rgb(116, 190, 217)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 12.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, -15.92, -20.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 26.11, 232.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.0604 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.083 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1357, 45.5467, 72.4140)
Luminance	0.4555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BED9 #D98F74

analogous

#74D9C2 #74BED9 #748BD9

triadic

#74BED9 #D974BE #BED974

tetradic

#74BED9 #C274D9 #D98F74 #8BD974

square

#74BED9 #C274D9 #D98F74 #8BD974

split-complementary

#74BED9 #D9748B #D9C274

monochromatic

#2D85A5 #44A8CC #74BED9 #A4D4E6 #D4EBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#74BED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#74BED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BED9

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BED9	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AFD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43C7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 190, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.083 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d1e4',
    500: '#74bed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bed9;
$custom-light: #a1d1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.04,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76305,
    "c": 0.0832,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BED9

secondary

#E5CCC3

accent

#4D21C5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BED9

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

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