#74BFD8#74BFD8

#74BFD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.083 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BFD8
RGB	rgb(116, 191, 216)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 46%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 11.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.50, -16.71, -19.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.50, 25.89, 229.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.062 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.083 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2234, 45.9295, 71.8035)
Luminance	0.4593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BFD8 #D88D74

analogous

#74D8BF #74BFD8 #748DD8

triadic

#74BFD8 #D874BF #BFD874

tetradic

#74BFD8 #BF74D8 #D88D74 #8DD874

square

#74BFD8 #BF74D8 #D88D74 #8DD874

split-complementary

#74BFD8 #D8748D #D8BF74

monochromatic

#2E86A4 #44A9CB #74BFD8 #A4D5E5 #D4EBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#74BFD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#74BFD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BFD8

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BFD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BFD8	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BBD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B0D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bfd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 191, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.083 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d2e4',
    500: '#74bfd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bfd8;
$custom-light: #a1d2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bfd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76492,
    "c": 0.08259,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BFD8

secondary

#E5CBC3

accent

#4A22C4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BFD8

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

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