#74CBEC#74CBEC

#74CBEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.096 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CBEC
RGB	rgb(116, 203, 236)
HSL	hsl(197, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(197, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 14%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.57, -17.41, -24.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.57, 29.96, 234.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% -0.0682 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.096 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.6930, 52.4773, 87.1672)
Luminance	0.5248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CBEC #EC9574

analogous

#74ECD1 #74CBEC #748FEC

triadic

#74CBEC #EC74CB #CBEC74

tetradic

#74CBEC #D174EC #EC9574 #8FEC74

square

#74CBEC #D174EC #EC9574 #8FEC74

split-complementary

#74CBEC #EC748F #ECD174

monochromatic

#1C9ACA #3EB7E5 #74CBEC #AADFF3 #E0F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#74CBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#74CBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CBEC

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CBEC	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BAEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AD5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74cbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 203, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.096 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dbf2',
    500: '#74cbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74cbec;
$custom-light: #a3dbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74cbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.5,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79958,
    "c": 0.09604,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CBEC

secondary

#C56440

accent

#450DD8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CBEC

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

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