#74BEDD#74BEDD

#74BEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.086 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BEDD
RGB	rgb(116, 190, 221)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(198, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 14%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, -14.82, -22.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 27.08, 236.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.46% -0.0589 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(76.46% 0.086 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6623, 45.7574, 75.1873)
Luminance	0.4576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BEDD #DD9374

analogous

#74DDC7 #74BEDD #7489DD

triadic

#74BEDD #DD74BE #BEDD74

tetradic

#74BEDD #C774DD #DD9374 #89DD74

square

#74BEDD #C774DD #DD9374 #89DD74

split-complementary

#74BEDD #DD7489 #DDC774

monochromatic

#2A86AC #43A7D1 #74BEDD #A5D5E9 #D6ECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#74BEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#74BEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BEDD

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BEDD	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBBDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAFDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 190, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.086 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d1e7',
    500: '#74bedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bedd;
$custom-light: #a2d1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.714,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7646,
    "c": 0.08606,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BEDD

secondary

#E8CFC5

accent

#501DC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BEDD

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

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