#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
RGBrgb(116, 168, 202)
HSLhsl(204, 45%, 62%)
HSVhsv(204, 43%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(42.6%, 16.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(66.50, -8.29, -22.74)
CIE-LCHlch(66.50, 24.21, 249.97°)
OKLaboklab(70.78% -0.0395 -0.0629)
OKLCHoklch(70.78% 0.074 237.9)
XYZxyz(31.8621, 35.9805, 61.1316)
Luminance0.3598 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##74A8CA1.002.568.208.20
#FFFFFF2.561.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2021.001.001.00
##0000008.2021.001.001.00

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

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#74A8CA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva