#74BFDD#74BFDD

#74BFDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.086 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BFDD
RGB	rgb(116, 191, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 13.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, -15.35, -22.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 27.01, 235.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% -0.0601 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.086 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8796, 46.1920, 75.2597)
Luminance	0.4620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BFDD #DD9274

analogous

#74DDC6 #74BFDD #748ADD

triadic

#74BFDD #DD74BF #BFDD74

tetradic

#74BFDD #C674DD #DD9274 #8ADD74

square

#74BFDD #C674DD #DD9274 #8ADD74

split-complementary

#74BFDD #DD748A #DDC674

monochromatic

#2A87AC #43A8D1 #74BFDD #A5D6E9 #D6ECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#74BFDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#74BFDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BFDD

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BFDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BFDD	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FC8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bfdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 191, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.086 225.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bfdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76684,
    "c": 0.08599,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BFDD

secondary

#E8CFC5

accent

#4E1DC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BFDD

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

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