#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
RGBrgb(116, 176, 235)
HSLhsl(210, 75%, 69%)
HSVhsv(210, 51%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(50.6%, 25.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LABlab(70.01, -3.29, -35.48)
CIE-LCHlch(70.01, 35.63, 264.70°)
OKLaboklab(73.96% -0.038 -0.0992)
OKLCHoklch(73.96% 0.106 249)
XYZxyz(37.7179, 40.7590, 84.4608)
Luminance0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

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
##74B0EB1.002.299.159.15
#FFFFFF2.291.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1521.001.001.00
##0000009.1521.001.001.00

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

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#74B0EB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva