#74CBDF#74CBDF

#74CBDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.088 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CBDF
RGB	rgb(116, 203, 223)
HSL	hsl(191, 63%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(191, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, -20.97, -18.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 27.68, 220.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.0731 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.088 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.8726, 51.7492, 77.5798)
Luminance	0.5175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CBDF #DF8874

analogous

#74DFBE #74CBDF #7496DF

triadic

#74CBDF #DF74CB #CBDF74

tetradic

#74CBDF #BE74DF #DF8874 #96DF74

square

#74CBDF #BE74DF #DF8874 #96DF74

split-complementary

#74CBDF #DF7496 #DFBE74

monochromatic

#2997B0 #42B8D4 #74CBDF #A6DEEA #D7F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#74CBDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#74CBDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CBDF

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CBDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CBDF	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB9DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39D3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74cbdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 203, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.088 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2dbe9',
    500: '#74cbdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74cbdf;
$custom-light: #a2dbe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74cbdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.215,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79467,
    "c": 0.08849,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CBDF

secondary

#B25A45

accent

#3C1BCA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CBDF

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

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