#74A8CB#74A8CB

#74A8CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.075 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A8CB
RGB	rgb(116, 168, 203)
HSL	hsl(204, 46%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(204, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 17.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, -8.02, -23.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 24.58, 250.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0391 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.075 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9809, 36.0280, 61.7572)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A8CB #CB9774

analogous

#74CBC3 #74A8CB #747CCB

triadic

#74A8CB #CB74A8 #A8CB74

tetradic

#74A8CB #C374CB #CB9774 #7CCB74

square

#74A8CB #C374CB #CB9774 #7CCB74

split-complementary

#74A8CB #CB747C #CBC374

monochromatic

#366B8F #478CBA #74A8CB #A1C4DC #CDE0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#74A8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#74A8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A8CB

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A8CB	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 168, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.075 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c1db',
    500: '#74a8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a8cb;
$custom-light: #a0c1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.138,
    "s": 45.55,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70817,
    "c": 0.0753,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A8CB

secondary

#DDCABE

accent

#652DB9

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F7FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A8CB

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

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