#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
RGB	rgb(116, 191, 217)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 12%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, -16.44, -20.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 26.10, 230.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% -0.0616 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.083 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3530, 45.9814, 72.4864)
Luminance	0.4598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##74BFD9	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #74BFD9

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

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