#74B0D8#74B0D8

#74B0D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.085 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74B0D8
RGBrgb(116, 176, 216)
HSLhsl(204, 56%, 65%)
HSVhsv(204, 46%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(46.3%, 18.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(69.27, -8.75, -26.23)
CIE-LCHlch(69.27, 27.65, 251.54°)
OKLaboklab(73.13% -0.0443 -0.0728)
OKLCHoklch(73.13% 0.085 238.7)
XYZxyz(35.1181, 39.7190, 70.7684)
Luminance0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74B0D8 #D89C74
analogous
#74D8CE #74B0D8 #747ED8
triadic
#74B0D8 #D874B0 #B0D874
tetradic
#74B0D8 #CE74D8 #D89C74 #7ED874
square
#74B0D8 #CE74D8 #D89C74 #7ED874
split-complementary
#74B0D8 #D8747E #D8CE74
monochromatic
#2E75A4 #4495CB #74B0D8 #A4CBE5 #D4E6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35
#74B0D8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94
#74B0D8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B0D8
8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74B0D8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##74B0D81.002.358.948.94
#FFFFFF2.351.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9421.001.001.00
##0000008.9421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9EAFDA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#91A4D7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#47BABD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74b0d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 176, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.085 238.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c7e4',
    500: '#74b0d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74b0d8;
$custom-light: #a1c7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74b0d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73132,
    "c": 0.0852,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74B0D8
secondary
#E5D1C3
accent
#6322C4
background
#FAFCFD
surface
#F4F8FB
border
#CED1D4
text
#0F1315
muted
#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B0D8

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

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#74B0D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva