#74BFDF#74BFDF

#74BFDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.087 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BFDF
RGB	rgb(116, 191, 223)
HSL	hsl(198, 63%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(198, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 14.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, -14.79, -23.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 27.52, 237.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.0594 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.087 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.1477, 46.2993, 76.6714)
Luminance	0.4630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BFDF #DF9474

analogous

#74DFCA #74BFDF #748ADF

triadic

#74BFDF #DF74BF #BFDF74

tetradic

#74BFDF #CA74DF #DF9474 #8ADF74

square

#74BFDF #CA74DF #DF9474 #8ADF74

split-complementary

#74BFDF #DF748A #DFCA74

monochromatic

#2988B0 #42A8D4 #74BFDF #A6D6EA #D7EDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#74BFDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#74BFDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BFDF

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BFDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BFDF	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBCE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DC8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bfdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 191, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.087 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d2e9',
    500: '#74bfdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bfdf;
$custom-light: #a2d2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bfdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.944,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76762,
    "c": 0.08748,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BFDF

secondary

#E9D0C6

accent

#501BCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BFDF

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

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