#74B2E4#74B2E4

#74B2E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.097 H 244.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B2E4
RGB	rgb(116, 178, 228)
HSL	hsl(207, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(207, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 21.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, -6.43, -31.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 31.89, 258.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.0425 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.097 244)
XYZ	xyz(37.1215, 41.1524, 79.3708)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B2E4 #E4A674

analogous

#74E4DE #74B2E4 #747AE4

triadic

#74B2E4 #E474B2 #B2E474

tetradic

#74B2E4 #DE74E4 #E4A674 #7AE474

square

#74B2E4 #DE74E4 #E4A674 #7AE474

split-complementary

#74B2E4 #E4747A #E4DE74

monochromatic

#2477BA #4196DA #74B2E4 #A7CEEE #DAEBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#74B2E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#74B2E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B2E4

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B2E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B2E4	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)

#9DB2E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DBEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b2e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 178, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.097 244.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c8ec',
    500: '#74b2e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b2e4;
$custom-light: #a2c8ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b2e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.786,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74084,
    "c": 0.0969,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.41155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B2E4

secondary

#EBD8C8

accent

#6916CF

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B2E4

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

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