#74A6CE#74A6CE

#74A6CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.079 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A6CE
RGB	rgb(116, 166, 206)
HSL	hsl(207, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(207, 44%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 19.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, -6.09, -25.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 26.31, 256.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% -0.0356 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.079 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9755, 35.4396, 63.5362)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A6CE #CE9C74

analogous

#74CEC9 #74A6CE #7479CE

triadic

#74A6CE #CE74A6 #A6CE74

tetradic

#74A6CE #C974CE #CE9C74 #79CE74

square

#74A6CE #C974CE #CE9C74 #79CE74

split-complementary

#74A6CE #CE7479 #CEC974

monochromatic

#346994 #4789BE #74A6CE #A1C3DE #CEE0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#74A6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#74A6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A6CE

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A6CE	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899CCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 166, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.079 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c0dd',
    500: '#74a6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a6ce;
$custom-light: #a0c0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 47.872,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70497,
    "c": 0.07943,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A6CE

secondary

#DFCDBF

accent

#6B2ABB

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F7FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A6CE

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

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