#74BFDC#74BFDC

#74BFDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.085 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BFDC
RGB	rgb(116, 191, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 13.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.64, -15.62, -21.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.64, 26.77, 234.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.0605 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.085 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.7468, 46.1389, 74.5602)
Luminance	0.4614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BFDC #DC9174

analogous

#74DCC5 #74BFDC #748BDC

triadic

#74BFDC #DC74BF #BFDC74

tetradic

#74BFDC #C574DC #DC9174 #8BDC74

square

#74BFDC #C574DC #DC9174 #8BDC74

split-complementary

#74BFDC #DC748B #DCC574

monochromatic

#2B87AB #43A8D0 #74BFDC #A5D6E8 #D6ECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#74BFDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#74BFDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BFDC

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BFDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BFDC	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40C8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bfdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 191, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.085 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d2e7',
    500: '#74bfdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bfdc;
$custom-light: #a2d2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bfdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.731,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76645,
    "c": 0.08527,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BFDC

secondary

#E7CEC5

accent

#4D1EC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BFDC

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

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