#74A4DC#74A4DC

#74A4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.097 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A4DC
RGB	rgb(116, 164, 220)
HSL	hsl(212, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(212, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 25.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, -0.99, -33.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 33.36, 268.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.0286 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.097 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3918, 35.4289, 72.7752)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A4DC #DCAC74

analogous

#74D8DC #74A4DC #7874DC

triadic

#74A4DC #DC74A4 #A4DC74

tetradic

#74A4DC #DC74D8 #DCAC74 #74DC78

square

#74A4DC #DC74D8 #DCAC74 #74DC78

split-complementary

#74A4DC #DC7874 #D8DC74

monochromatic

#2B66AB #4384D0 #74A4DC #A5C4E8 #D6E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#74A4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#74A4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A4DC

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A4DC	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819CDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47B1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 164, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.097 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1bee7',
    500: '#74a4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a4dc;
$custom-light: #a1bee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.308,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70671,
    "c": 0.09744,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A4DC

secondary

#E7D7C5

accent

#791EC7

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A4DC

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

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