#74A4DD#74A4DD

#74A4DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.099 H 253.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A4DD
RGB	rgb(116, 164, 221)
HSL	hsl(213, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(213, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 25.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, -0.70, -33.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 33.84, 268.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% -0.0283 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.099 253.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5246, 35.4821, 73.4747)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A4DD #DDAD74

analogous

#74D9DD #74A4DD #7874DD

triadic

#74A4DD #DD74A4 #A4DD74

tetradic

#74A4DD #DD74D9 #DDAD74 #74DD78

square

#74A4DD #DD74D9 #DDAD74 #74DD78

split-complementary

#74A4DD #DD7874 #D9DD74

monochromatic

#2A66AC #4384D1 #74A4DD #A5C4E9 #D6E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#74A4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#74A4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A4DD

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A4DD	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819CDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46B1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 164, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.099 253.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1bee7',
    500: '#74a4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a4dd;
$custom-light: #a1bee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.571,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70717,
    "c": 0.09869,
    "h": 253.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A4DD

secondary

#E8D8C5

accent

#7A1DC8

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A4DD

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

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