#74A9F2#74A9F2

#74A9F2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.121 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A9F2
RGB	rgb(116, 169, 242)
HSL	hsl(215, 83%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(215, 52%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 30.2%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, 2.70, -41.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 41.91, 273.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.028 -0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.121 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4119, 38.4969, 89.4464)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A9F2 #F2BD74

analogous

#74E8F2 #74A9F2 #7E74F2

triadic

#74A9F2 #F274A9 #A9F274

tetradic

#74A9F2 #F274E8 #F2BD74 #74F27E

square

#74A9F2 #F274E8 #F2BD74 #74F27E

split-complementary

#74A9F2 #F27E74 #E8F274

monochromatic

#1466D7 #3C86ED #74A9F2 #ACCCF7 #E3EEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#74A9F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#74A9F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A9F2

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A9F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A9F2	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CADF5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7CA1F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30B9C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a9f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 169, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.121 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c2f6',
    500: '#74a9f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a9f2;
$custom-light: #a3c2f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a9f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.762,
    "s": 82.895,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72784,
    "c": 0.12086,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A9F2

secondary

#F2E4CF

accent

#8406DF

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F7FE

border

#CED0D6

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A9F2

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

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