#74B2DA#74B2DA

#74B2DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.086 H 237.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B2DA
RGB	rgb(116, 178, 218)
HSL	hsl(204, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 18.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -9.27, -26.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 27.93, 250.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.0459 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.086 237.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7733, 40.6131, 72.2701)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B2DA #DA9C74

analogous

#74DACF #74B2DA #747FDA

triadic

#74B2DA #DA74B2 #B2DA74

tetradic

#74B2DA #CF74DA #DA9C74 #7FDA74

square

#74B2DA #CF74DA #DA9C74 #7FDA74

split-complementary

#74B2DA #DA747F #DACF74

monochromatic

#2C77A7 #4497CD #74B2DA #A4CDE7 #D5E8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#74B2DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#74B2DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B2DA

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B2DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B2DA	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A6D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b2da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 178, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.086 237.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c9e5',
    500: '#74b2da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b2da;
$custom-light: #a1c9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b2da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.529,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73659,
    "c": 0.08638,
    "h": 237.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B2DA

secondary

#E6D1C4

accent

#6120C6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B2DA

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

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