#74CBDE#74CBDE

#74CBDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.088 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CBDE
RGB	rgb(116, 203, 222)
HSL	hsl(191, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(191, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 8.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.10, -21.24, -17.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.10, 27.57, 219.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% -0.0735 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.088 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7382, 51.6954, 76.8718)
Luminance	0.5170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CBDE #DE8774

analogous

#74DEBC #74CBDE #7496DE

triadic

#74CBDE #DE74CB #CBDE74

tetradic

#74CBDE #BC74DE #DE8774 #96DE74

square

#74CBDE #BC74DE #DE8774 #96DE74

split-complementary

#74CBDE #DE7496 #DEBC74

monochromatic

#2996AE #43B8D2 #74CBDE #A5DEEA #D7F0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#74CBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#74CBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CBDE

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CBDE	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB9DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AD3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74cbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 203, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.088 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2dbe8',
    500: '#74cbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74cbde;
$custom-light: #a2dbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74cbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.755,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79431,
    "c": 0.08806,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CBDE

secondary

#B05946

accent

#3B1CC9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CBDE

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

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