#74B1EB#74B1EB

#74B1EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.106 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B1EB
RGB	rgb(116, 177, 235)
HSL	hsl(209, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(209, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 24.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, -3.84, -35.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 35.26, 263.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0391 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.106 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9147, 41.1525, 84.5264)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B1EB #EBAE74

analogous

#74EBEA #74B1EB #7476EB

triadic

#74B1EB #EB74B1 #B1EB74

tetradic

#74B1EB #EA74EB #EBAE74 #76EB74

square

#74B1EB #EA74EB #EBAE74 #76EB74

split-complementary

#74B1EB #EB7476 #EBEA74

monochromatic

#1D74C8 #3E93E3 #74B1EB #AACFF3 #DFEDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#74B1EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#74B1EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B1EB

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B1EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B1EB	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B3EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36BFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b1eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 177, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.106 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c8f1',
    500: '#74b1eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b1eb;
$custom-light: #a3c8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b1eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.244,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74175,
    "c": 0.10553,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B1EB

secondary

#EFDDCC

accent

#700FD7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B1EB

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

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