#74A7EA#74A7EA

#74A7EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.113 H 255.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A7EA
RGB	rgb(116, 167, 234)
HSL	hsl(214, 74%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(214, 50%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 28.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, 1.44, -38.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 38.87, 272.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.028 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.113 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8674, 37.2883, 83.1333)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A7EA #EAB774

analogous

#74E2EA #74A7EA #7C74EA

triadic

#74A7EA #EA74A7 #A7EA74

tetradic

#74A7EA #EA74E2 #EAB774 #74EA7C

square

#74A7EA #EA74E2 #EAB774 #74EA7C

split-complementary

#74A7EA #EA7C74 #E2EA74

monochromatic

#1E66C6 #3F85E2 #74A7EA #A9C9F2 #DEEAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#74A7EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#74A7EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A7EA

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A7EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A7EA	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DABED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9FE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AB6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a7ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 167, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.113 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c0f1',
    500: '#74a7ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a7ea;
$custom-light: #a2c0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a7ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.068,
    "s": 73.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71971,
    "c": 0.1125,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A7EA

secondary

#EFDFCB

accent

#8010D6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A7EA

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

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