#74CBE7#74CBE7

#74CBE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.093 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CBE7
RGB	rgb(116, 203, 231)
HSL	hsl(195, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(195, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 12.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.39, -18.80, -21.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.39, 28.91, 229.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.0701 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.093 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.9768, 52.1908, 83.3949)
Luminance	0.5219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CBE7 #E79074

analogous

#74E7CA #74CBE7 #7491E7

triadic

#74CBE7 #E774CB #CBE774

tetradic

#74CBE7 #CA74E7 #E79074 #91E774

square

#74CBE7 #CA74E7 #E79074 #91E774

split-complementary

#74CBE7 #E77491 #E7CA74

monochromatic

#2199C0 #40B7DE #74CBE7 #A8DFF0 #DCF2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#74CBE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#74CBE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CBE7

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CBE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CBE7	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC7E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BAE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74cbe7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 203, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.093 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dbee',
    500: '#74cbe7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74cbe7;
$custom-light: #a3dbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74cbe7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.609,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79766,
    "c": 0.09275,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CBE7

secondary

#BF5F41

accent

#4213D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CBE7

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

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