#74A8EB#74A8EB

#74A8EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.113 H 255.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A8EB
RGB	rgb(116, 168, 235)
HSL	hsl(214, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(214, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 28.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, 1.17, -38.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 38.91, 271.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0288 -0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.113 255.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1953, 37.7138, 83.9533)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A8EB #EBB774

analogous

#74E3EB #74A8EB #7C74EB

triadic

#74A8EB #EB74A8 #A8EB74

tetradic

#74A8EB #EB74E3 #EBB774 #74EB7C

square

#74A8EB #EB74E3 #EBB774 #74EB7C

split-complementary

#74A8EB #EB7C74 #E3EB74

monochromatic

#1D68C8 #3E87E3 #74A8EB #AAC9F3 #DFEBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#74A8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#74A8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A8EB

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A8EB	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EACEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39B7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 168, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.113 255.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c1f1',
    500: '#74a8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a8eb;
$custom-light: #a2c1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.782,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72233,
    "c": 0.11286,
    "h": 255.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A8EB

secondary

#EFE0CC

accent

#7F0FD7

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A8EB

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

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