#74A2E2#74A2E2

#74A2E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.107 H 256.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A2E2
RGB	rgb(116, 162, 226)
HSL	hsl(215, 65%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(215, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 28.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, 1.89, -37.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 37.17, 272.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0244 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.107 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8456, 35.0423, 76.9171)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A2E2 #E2B474

analogous

#74D9E2 #74A2E2 #7D74E2

triadic

#74A2E2 #E274A2 #A2E274

tetradic

#74A2E2 #E274D9 #E2B474 #74E27D

square

#74A2E2 #E274D9 #E2B474 #74E27D

split-complementary

#74A2E2 #E27D74 #D9E274

monochromatic

#2662B6 #4180D7 #74A2E2 #A7C4ED #D9E6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#74A2E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#74A2E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A2E2

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A2E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A2E2	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9BE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43B0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a2e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 162, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.107 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2bdeb',
    500: '#74a2e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a2e2;
$custom-light: #a2bdeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a2e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.909,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70519,
    "c": 0.10685,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A2E2

secondary

#EADCC7

accent

#8218CD

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A2E2

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

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