#74A4E2#74A4E2

#74A4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.105 H 255.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A4E2
RGB	rgb(116, 164, 226)
HSL	hsl(214, 65%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(214, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 27.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, 0.76, -36.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 36.27, 271.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.0268 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.105 255.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2007, 35.7525, 77.0355)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A4E2 #E2B274

analogous

#74DBE2 #74A4E2 #7B74E2

triadic

#74A4E2 #E274A4 #A4E274

tetradic

#74A4E2 #E274DB #E2B274 #74E27B

square

#74A4E2 #E274DB #E2B274 #74E27B

split-complementary

#74A4E2 #E27B74 #DBE274

monochromatic

#2665B6 #4183D7 #74A4E2 #A7C5ED #D9E6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#74A4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#74A4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A4E2

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A4E2	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA7E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9CE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42B2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 164, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.105 255.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2beeb',
    500: '#74a4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a4e2;
$custom-light: #a2beeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.818,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70949,
    "c": 0.10502,
    "h": 255.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A4E2

secondary

#EADBC7

accent

#7E18CD

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A4E2

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

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