#74A4E4#74A4E4

#74A4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.108 H 255.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A4E4
RGB	rgb(116, 164, 228)
HSL	hsl(214, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(214, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 28.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, 1.35, -37.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 37.26, 272.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.0262 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.108 255.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4768, 35.8629, 78.4892)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A4E4 #E4B474

analogous

#74DCE4 #74A4E4 #7C74E4

triadic

#74A4E4 #E474A4 #A4E474

tetradic

#74A4E4 #E474DC #E4B474 #74E47C

square

#74A4E4 #E474DC #E4B474 #74E47C

split-complementary

#74A4E4 #E47C74 #DCE474

monochromatic

#2464BA #4182DA #74A4E4 #A7C6EE #DAE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#74A4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#74A4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A4E4

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A4E4	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9DE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41B2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 164, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.108 255.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2beec',
    500: '#74a4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a4e4;
$custom-light: #a2beec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71043,
    "c": 0.10757,
    "h": 255.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A4E4

secondary

#EBDCC8

accent

#8016CF

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A4E4

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

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