#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
RGB	rgb(116, 176, 216)
HSL	hsl(204, 56%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 46%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 18.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -8.75, -26.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 27.65, 251.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0443 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.085 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1181, 39.7190, 70.7684)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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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
##74B0D8	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

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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