#74A9EF#74A9EF

#74A9EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.117 H 255.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A9EF
RGB	rgb(116, 169, 239)
HSL	hsl(214, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(214, 51%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 29.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, 1.80, -40.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 40.43, 272.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0288 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.117 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9651, 38.3182, 87.0929)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A9EF #EFBA74

analogous

#74E7EF #74A9EF #7C74EF

triadic

#74A9EF #EF74A9 #A9EF74

tetradic

#74A9EF #EF74E7 #EFBA74 #74EF7C

square

#74A9EF #EF74E7 #EFBA74 #74EF7C

split-complementary

#74A9EF #EF7C74 #E7EF74

monochromatic

#1868D1 #3D87E9 #74A9EF #ABCBF5 #E2EDFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#74A9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#74A9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A9EF

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A9EF	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DADF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA1EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34B9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 169, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.117 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c2f4',
    500: '#74a9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a9ef;
$custom-light: #a3c2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.146,
    "s": 79.355,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72638,
    "c": 0.11704,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A9EF

secondary

#F1E2CE

accent

#810ADC

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A9EF

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

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