#74A8EF#74A8EF

#74A8EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.118 H 256.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A8EF
RGB	rgb(116, 168, 239)
HSL	hsl(215, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(215, 51%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 29.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, 2.37, -40.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 40.88, 273.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0277 -0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.118 256.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7797, 37.9475, 87.0311)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A8EF #EFBB74

analogous

#74E6EF #74A8EF #7E74EF

triadic

#74A8EF #EF74A8 #A8EF74

tetradic

#74A8EF #EF74E6 #EFBB74 #74EF7E

square

#74A8EF #EF74E6 #EFBB74 #74EF7E

split-complementary

#74A8EF #EF7E74 #E6EF74

monochromatic

#1866D1 #3D86E9 #74A8EF #ABCAF5 #E2EDFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#74A8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#74A8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A8EF

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A8EF	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CACF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA0EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34B8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 168, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.118 256.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c1f4',
    500: '#74a8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a8ef;
$custom-light: #a3c1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.634,
    "s": 79.355,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72425,
    "c": 0.11796,
    "h": 256.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A8EF

secondary

#F1E2CE

accent

#830ADC

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A8EF

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

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