#74BFDE#74BFDE

#74BFDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.087 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BFDE
RGB	rgb(116, 191, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(198, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 14%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, -15.07, -22.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 27.26, 236.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.0597 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.087 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0133, 46.2455, 75.9635)
Luminance	0.4625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BFDE #DE9374

analogous

#74DEC8 #74BFDE #748ADE

triadic

#74BFDE #DE74BF #BFDE74

tetradic

#74BFDE #C874DE #DE9374 #8ADE74

square

#74BFDE #C874DE #DE9374 #8ADE74

split-complementary

#74BFDE #DE748A #DEC874

monochromatic

#2987AE #43A8D2 #74BFDE #A5D6EA #D7EDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#74BFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#74BFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BFDE

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BFDE	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBCE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EC8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bfde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 191, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.087 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d2e8',
    500: '#74bfde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bfde;
$custom-light: #a2d2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bfde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.547,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76723,
    "c": 0.08673,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BFDE

secondary

#E8D0C6

accent

#4F1CC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BFDE

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

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