#74B0EB#74B0EB

#74B0EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.106 H 249.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B0EB
RGB	rgb(116, 176, 235)
HSL	hsl(210, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(210, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 25.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -3.29, -35.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 35.63, 264.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.038 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.106 249)
XYZ	xyz(37.7179, 40.7590, 84.4608)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B0EB #EBAF74

analogous

#74EBEB #74B0EB #7475EB

triadic

#74B0EB #EB74B0 #B0EB74

tetradic

#74B0EB #EB74EB #EBAF74 #75EB74

square

#74B0EB #EB74EB #EBAF74 #75EB74

split-complementary

#74B0EB #EB7475 #EBEB74

monochromatic

#1D73C8 #3E92E3 #74B0EB #AACEF3 #DFEDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#74B0EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#74B0EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B0EB

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B0EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B0EB	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36BEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b0eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 176, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.106 249.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c7f1',
    500: '#74b0eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b0eb;
$custom-light: #a2c7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b0eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.748,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73958,
    "c": 0.10626,
    "h": 249
  },
  "luminance": 0.40762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B0EB

secondary

#EFDDCC

accent

#720FD7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B0EB

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

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