#74A6EA#74A6EA

#74A6EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.113 H 256.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A6EA
RGB	rgb(116, 166, 234)
HSL	hsl(215, 74%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(215, 50%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 29.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, 2.00, -39.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 39.32, 272.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0268 -0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.113 256.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6849, 36.9233, 83.0724)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A6EA #EAB874

analogous

#74E1EA #74A6EA #7D74EA

triadic

#74A6EA #EA74A6 #A6EA74

tetradic

#74A6EA #EA74E1 #EAB874 #74EA7D

square

#74A6EA #EA74E1 #EAB874 #74EA7D

split-complementary

#74A6EA #EA7D74 #E1EA74

monochromatic

#1E65C6 #3F84E2 #74A6EA #A9C8F2 #DEEAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#74A6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#74A6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A6EA

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A6EA	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BAAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9FE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AB5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 166, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.113 256.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c0f1',
    500: '#74a6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a6ea;
$custom-light: #a2c0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.576,
    "s": 73.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71757,
    "c": 0.11342,
    "h": 256.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A6EA

secondary

#EFE0CB

accent

#8210D6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A6EA

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

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