#74BFD9#74BFD9

#74BFD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.083 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74BFD9
RGBrgb(116, 191, 217)
HSLhsl(195, 57%, 65%)
HSVhsv(195, 47%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(46.5%, 12%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(73.53, -16.44, -20.27)
CIE-LCHlch(73.53, 26.10, 230.95°)
OKLaboklab(76.53% -0.0616 -0.056)
OKLCHoklch(76.53% 0.083 222.3)
XYZxyz(38.3530, 45.9814, 72.4864)
Luminance0.4598 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74BFD9 #D98E74
analogous
#74D9C1 #74BFD9 #748CD9
triadic
#74BFD9 #D974BF #BFD974
tetradic
#74BFD9 #C174D9 #D98E74 #8CD974
square
#74BFD9 #C174D9 #D98E74 #8CD974
split-complementary
#74BFD9 #D9748C #D9C174
monochromatic
#2D86A5 #44A9CC #74BFD9 #A4D5E6 #D4EBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06
#74BFD9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20
#74BFD9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BFD9
10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74BFD9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##74BFD91.002.0610.2010.20
#FFFFFF2.061.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2021.001.001.00
##00000010.2021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B0BBDA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A1B0D9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#42C7C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74bfd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 191, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.083 222.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d2e4',
    500: '#74bfd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74bfd9;
$custom-light: #a1d2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74bfd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.446,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7653,
    "c": 0.08324,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74BFD9
secondary
#E5CCC3
accent
#4B21C5
background
#FAFCFD
surface
#F4F9FB
border
#CED2D4
text
#0F1415
muted
#7F8283

Preview Lab

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#74BFD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva