#74A5CC#74A5CC

#74A5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.078 H 243.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A5CC
RGB	rgb(116, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(207, 46%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(207, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, -6.09, -25.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 25.76, 256.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% -0.0351 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.078 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5530, 34.9809, 62.2044)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A5CC #CC9B74

analogous

#74CCC7 #74A5CC #7479CC

triadic

#74A5CC #CC74A5 #A5CC74

tetradic

#74A5CC #C774CC #CC9B74 #79CC74

square

#74A5CC #C774CC #CC9B74 #79CC74

split-complementary

#74A5CC #CC7479 #CCC774

monochromatic

#356891 #4788BC #74A5CC #A1C2DC #CEDFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#74A5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#74A5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A5CC

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A5CC	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899CCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51AEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.078 243.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0bfdb',
    500: '#74a5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a5cc;
$custom-light: #a0bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.591,
    "s": 46.316,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70191,
    "c": 0.07776,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A5CC

secondary

#DECCBE

accent

#6B2CBA

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F7FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A5CC

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

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