#74A7EB#74A7EB

#74A7EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.114 H 255.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A7EB
RGB	rgb(116, 167, 235)
HSL	hsl(214, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(214, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 28.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, 1.73, -39.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 39.36, 272.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0277 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.114 255.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.0114, 37.3459, 83.8920)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A7EB #EBB874

analogous

#74E3EB #74A7EB #7D74EB

triadic

#74A7EB #EB74A7 #A7EB74

tetradic

#74A7EB #EB74E3 #EBB874 #74EB7D

square

#74A7EB #EB74E3 #EBB874 #74EB7D

split-complementary

#74A7EB #EB7D74 #E3EB74

monochromatic

#1D66C8 #3E85E3 #74A7EB #AAC9F3 #DFEBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#74A7EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#74A7EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A7EB

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A7EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A7EB	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CABEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9FEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39B6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a7eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 167, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.114 255.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c0f1',
    500: '#74a7eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a7eb;
$custom-light: #a2c0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a7eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72019,
    "c": 0.11378,
    "h": 255.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A7EB

secondary

#EFE0CC

accent

#810FD7

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A7EB

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

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