#74BFDB#74BFDB

#74BFDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.085 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BFDB
RGB	rgb(116, 191, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(196, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 12.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -15.89, -21.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 26.54, 233.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.0608 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.085 224)
XYZ	xyz(38.6148, 46.0861, 73.8648)
Luminance	0.4609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BFDB #DB9074

analogous

#74DBC4 #74BFDB #748BDB

triadic

#74BFDB #DB74BF #BFDB74

tetradic

#74BFDB #C474DB #DB9074 #8BDB74

square

#74BFDB #C474DB #DB9074 #8BDB74

split-complementary

#74BFDB #DB748B #DBC474

monochromatic

#2C87A9 #43A9CE #74BFDB #A5D5E8 #D5ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#74BFDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#74BFDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BFDB

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BFDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BFDB	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41C8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bfdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 191, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.085 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d2e6',
    500: '#74bfdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bfdb;
$custom-light: #a2d2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bfdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.311,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76607,
    "c": 0.08457,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.46089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BFDB

secondary

#E7CEC4

accent

#4D1FC6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BFDB

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

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