#74CBDD#74CBDD

#74CBDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.088 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CBDD
RGB	rgb(116, 203, 221)
HSL	hsl(190, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(190, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 8.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, -21.51, -17.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 27.47, 218.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.0739 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.088 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6046, 51.6419, 76.1681)
Luminance	0.5164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CBDD #DD8674

analogous

#74DDBA #74CBDD #7496DD

triadic

#74CBDD #DD74CB #CBDD74

tetradic

#74CBDD #BA74DD #DD8674 #96DD74

square

#74CBDD #BA74DD #DD8674 #96DD74

split-complementary

#74CBDD #DD7496 #DDBA74

monochromatic

#2A96AC #43B9D1 #74CBDD #A5DDE9 #D6F0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#74CBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#74CBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CBDD

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CBDD	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BD3D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74cbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 203, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.088 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2dbe7',
    500: '#74cbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74cbdd;
$custom-light: #a2dbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74cbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.286,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79394,
    "c": 0.08764,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CBDD

secondary

#AF5847

accent

#3A1DC8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CBDD

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

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