#74A8EA#74A8EA

#74A8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.112 H 254.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A8EA
RGB	rgb(116, 168, 234)
HSL	hsl(214, 74%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(214, 50%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 28.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, 0.87, -38.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 38.43, 271.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0291 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.112 254.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.0513, 37.6561, 83.1946)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A8EA #EAB674

analogous

#74E3EA #74A8EA #7B74EA

triadic

#74A8EA #EA74A8 #A8EA74

tetradic

#74A8EA #EA74E3 #EAB674 #74EA7B

square

#74A8EA #EA74E3 #EAB674 #74EA7B

split-complementary

#74A8EA #EA7B74 #E3EA74

monochromatic

#1E68C6 #3F87E2 #74A8EA #A9C9F2 #DEEBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#74A8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#74A8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A8EA

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A8EA	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EABED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AB7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 168, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.112 254.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c1f1',
    500: '#74a8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a8ea;
$custom-light: #a2c1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.559,
    "s": 73.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72186,
    "c": 0.1116,
    "h": 254.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A8EA

secondary

#EFDFCB

accent

#7F10D6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A8EA

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

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