#74A8EE#74A8EE

#74A8EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.117 H 256.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A8EE
RGB	rgb(116, 168, 238)
HSL	hsl(214, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(214, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 29.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, 2.07, -40.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 40.39, 272.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.028 -0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.117 256.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6324, 37.8886, 86.2552)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A8EE #EEBA74

analogous

#74E5EE #74A8EE #7D74EE

triadic

#74A8EE #EE74A8 #A8EE74

tetradic

#74A8EE #EE74E5 #EEBA74 #74EE7D

square

#74A8EE #EE74E5 #EEBA74 #74EE7D

split-complementary

#74A8EE #EE7D74 #E5EE74

monochromatic

#1966CE #3D86E7 #74A8EE #ABCAF5 #E1ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#74A8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#74A8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A8EE

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A8EE	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CACF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36B8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 168, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.117 256.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c1f4',
    500: '#74a8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a8ee;
$custom-light: #a3c1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.426,
    "s": 78.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72377,
    "c": 0.11668,
    "h": 256.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A8EE

secondary

#F0E1CD

accent

#820BDA

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A8EE

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

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