#74A8CA#74A8CA

#74A8CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.074 H 237.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A8CA
RGB	rgb(116, 168, 202)
HSL	hsl(204, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(204, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 16.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, -8.29, -22.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 24.21, 249.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% -0.0395 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.074 237.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8621, 35.9805, 61.1316)
Luminance	0.3598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A8CA #CA9674

analogous

#74CAC1 #74A8CA #747DCA

triadic

#74A8CA #CA74A8 #A8CA74

tetradic

#74A8CA #C174CA #CA9674 #7DCA74

square

#74A8CA #C174CA #CA9674 #7DCA74

split-complementary

#74A8CA #CA747D #CAC174

monochromatic

#366B8E #488CB9 #74A8CA #A0C4DB #CDDFEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#74A8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#74A8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A8CA

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A8CA	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9EC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 168, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.074 237.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c1da',
    500: '#74a8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a8ca;
$custom-light: #a0c1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.721,
    "s": 44.792,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70776,
    "c": 0.07429,
    "h": 237.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A8CA

secondary

#DDCABD

accent

#642EB8

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F7FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A8CA

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

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