Exploring the Color #74C4B0

#74C4B0 sits at 165° on the color wheel, placing it in the cyan family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 40% saturation and 61% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, light tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 116, 196, 176 produces a 10.27:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #74C4B0 is a distant relative of CSS sky blue — about 63 units away from #87CEEB. Designers reach for cyan hues at this saturation when the brief calls for a conversational, mid-energy register, and at this lightness when they want a present, comfortable mid-canvas voice. On screen the cool cast tends to pair best with warm neutrals in the 25°-45° range to add life.

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