#74A4E7#74A4E7

#74A4E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.111 H 256.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A4E7
RGB	rgb(116, 164, 231)
HSL	hsl(215, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(215, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 29%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, 2.24, -38.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 38.74, 273.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.0253 -0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.111 256.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8968, 36.0309, 80.7016)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A4E7 #E7B774

analogous

#74DDE7 #74A4E7 #7E74E7

triadic

#74A4E7 #E774A4 #A4E774

tetradic

#74A4E7 #E774DD #E7B774 #74E77E

square

#74A4E7 #E774DD #E7B774 #74E77E

split-complementary

#74A4E7 #E77E74 #DDE774

monochromatic

#2163C0 #4082DE #74A4E7 #A8C6F0 #DCE8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#74A4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#74A4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A4E7

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A4E7	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA8EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9DE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EB3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 164, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.111 256.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2beef',
    500: '#74a4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a4e7;
$custom-light: #a2beef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.957,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71186,
    "c": 0.11143,
    "h": 256.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A4E7

secondary

#EDDECA

accent

#8313D3

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A4E7

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

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