#74A7ED#74A7ED

#74A7ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.116 H 256.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A7ED
RGB	rgb(116, 167, 237)
HSL	hsl(215, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(215, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 29.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, 2.33, -40.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 40.35, 273.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.0271 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.116 256.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3020, 37.4622, 85.4223)
Luminance	0.3746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A7ED #EDBA74

analogous

#74E3ED #74A7ED #7E74ED

triadic

#74A7ED #ED74A7 #A7ED74

tetradic

#74A7ED #ED74E3 #EDBA74 #74ED7E

square

#74A7ED #ED74E3 #EDBA74 #74ED7E

split-complementary

#74A7ED #ED7E74 #E3ED74

monochromatic

#1A65CC #3E85E6 #74A7ED #AAC9F4 #E0ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#74A7ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#74A7ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A7ED

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A7ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A7ED	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BABF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9FEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37B7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a7ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 167, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.116 256.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c0f3',
    500: '#74a7ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a7ed;
$custom-light: #a3c0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a7ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.711,
    "s": 77.07,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72115,
    "c": 0.11634,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A7ED

secondary

#F0E1CD

accent

#830CD9

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A7ED

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

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