#74A8DB#74A8DB

#74A8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.093 H 248.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A8DB
RGB	rgb(116, 168, 219)
HSL	hsl(210, 59%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(210, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 23.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, -3.51, -31.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 31.34, 263.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.0337 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.093 248.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9869, 36.8304, 72.3221)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A8DB #DBA774

analogous

#74DBDB #74A8DB #7474DB

triadic

#74A8DB #DB74A8 #A8DB74

tetradic

#74A8DB #DB74DB #DBA774 #74DB74

square

#74A8DB #DB74DB #DBA774 #74DB74

split-complementary

#74A8DB #DB7474 #DBDB74

monochromatic

#2C6BA9 #438ACE #74A8DB #A5C6E8 #D5E5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#74A8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#74A8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A8DB

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A8DB	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A9DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47B4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 168, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.093 248.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c1e6',
    500: '#74a8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a8db;
$custom-light: #a1c1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.709,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71498,
    "c": 0.09312,
    "h": 248.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A8DB

secondary

#E7D5C4

accent

#721FC6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A8DB

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

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