#74BEDE#74BEDE

#74BEDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.087 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BEDE
RGB	rgb(116, 190, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(198, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 14.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, -14.55, -23.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 27.34, 237.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% -0.0586 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.087 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7959, 45.8108, 75.8911)
Luminance	0.4581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BEDE #DE9474

analogous

#74DEC9 #74BEDE #7489DE

triadic

#74BEDE #DE74BE #BEDE74

tetradic

#74BEDE #C974DE #DE9474 #89DE74

square

#74BEDE #C974DE #DE9474 #89DE74

split-complementary

#74BEDE #DE7489 #DEC974

monochromatic

#2986AE #43A7D2 #74BEDE #A5D5EA #D7ECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#74BEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#74BEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BEDE

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BEDE	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBBE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAFDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FC7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 190, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.087 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d1e8',
    500: '#74bede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bede;
$custom-light: #a2d1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.113,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76499,
    "c": 0.08682,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BEDE

secondary

#E8D0C6

accent

#501CC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BEDE

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

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