#74A9EA#74A9EA

#74A9EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.111 H 254.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A9EA
RGB	rgb(116, 169, 234)
HSL	hsl(213, 74%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(213, 50%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 27.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, 0.31, -37.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 37.99, 270.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0303 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.111 254.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2366, 38.0268, 83.2563)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A9EA #EAB574

analogous

#74E4EA #74A9EA #7A74EA

triadic

#74A9EA #EA74A9 #A9EA74

tetradic

#74A9EA #EA74E4 #EAB574 #74EA7A

square

#74A9EA #EA74E4 #EAB574 #74EA7A

split-complementary

#74A9EA #EA7A74 #E4EA74

monochromatic

#1E69C6 #3F88E2 #74A9EA #A9CAF2 #DEEBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#74A9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#74A9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A9EA

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A9EA	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FACED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AB8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 169, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.111 254.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c2f1',
    500: '#74a9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a9ea;
$custom-light: #a2c2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.051,
    "s": 73.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.724,
    "c": 0.11072,
    "h": 254.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A9EA

secondary

#EFDFCB

accent

#7D10D6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A9EA

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →