#74B0FE#74B0FE
#74B0FE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.130 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #74B0FE |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(116, 176, 254) |
| HSL | hsl(214, 99%, 73%) |
| HSV | hsv(214, 54%, 100%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(54.3%, 30.7%, 0%, 0.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.81, 2.40, -44.53) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.81, 44.60, 273.08°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.86% -0.0325 -0.1254) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.86% 0.13 255.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(40.6109, 41.9161, 99.6973) |
| Luminance | 0.4192 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | cyan |
Closest named colors
Carolina Blue
#8AB8FE
ΔE00 3.36
Sky Blue (survey)
#75BBFD
ΔE00 3.75
Pastel Blue
#A2BFFE
ΔE00 7.82
Cornflowerblue
#6495ED
ΔE00 7.87
Sky
#82CAFC
ΔE00 8.31
Baby Blue (survey)
#A2CFFE
ΔE00 8.65
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#74B0FE #FEC274
analogous
#74F5FE #74B0FE #7D74FE
triadic
#74B0FE #FE74B0 #B0FE74
tetradic
#74B0FE #FE74F5 #FEC274 #74FE7D
square
#74B0FE #FE74F5 #FEC274 #74FE7D
split-complementary
#74B0FE #FE7D74 #F5FE74
monochromatic
#026CF6 #378DFE #74B0FE #B1D3FE #E1EEFF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.24
#74B0FE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.38
#74B0FE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #74B0FE
9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##74B0FE | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##74B0FE | 1.00 | 2.24 | 9.38 | 9.38 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.24 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.38 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.38 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#90B5FF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7FA7FC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#17C2CC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #74b0fe; /* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 176, 254); /* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.130 255.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#a4c7ff',
500: '#74b0fe',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #74b0fe; $custom-light: #a4c7ff; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#74b0fe",
"rgb": {
"r": 116,
"g": 176,
"b": 254
},
"hsl": {
"h": 213.913,
"s": 98.571,
"l": 72.549
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74856,
"c": 0.12954,
"h": 255.5
},
"luminance": 0.41919
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#74B0FE
secondary
#F7E8D4
accent
#8200E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F8FF
border
#CED1D7
text
#101318
muted
#7F8286