#74B2D8#74B2D8

#74B2D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.084 H 236.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B2D8
RGB	rgb(116, 178, 216)
HSL	hsl(203, 56%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(203, 46%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 17.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -9.83, -25.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 27.21, 248.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0466 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.084 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5132, 40.5091, 70.9001)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B2D8 #D89A74

analogous

#74D8CC #74B2D8 #7480D8

triadic

#74B2D8 #D874B2 #B2D874

tetradic

#74B2D8 #CC74D8 #D89A74 #80D874

square

#74B2D8 #CC74D8 #D89A74 #80D874

split-complementary

#74B2D8 #D87480 #D8CC74

monochromatic

#2E77A4 #4498CB #74B2D8 #A4CCE5 #D4E7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#74B2D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#74B2D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B2D8

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B2D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B2D8	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A6D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47BCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b2d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 178, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.084 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c9e4',
    500: '#74b2d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b2d8;
$custom-light: #a1c9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b2d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.8,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73577,
    "c": 0.08441,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B2D8

secondary

#E5D0C3

accent

#5F22C4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B2D8

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

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