#74B2E8#74B2E8

#74B2E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.101 H 246.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B2E8
RGB	rgb(116, 178, 232)
HSL	hsl(208, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(208, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 23.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, -5.27, -33.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 33.59, 260.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0412 -0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.101 246)
XYZ	xyz(37.6832, 41.3771, 82.3291)
Luminance	0.4138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B2E8 #E8AA74

analogous

#74E8E4 #74B2E8 #7478E8

triadic

#74B2E8 #E874B2 #B2E874

tetradic

#74B2E8 #E474E8 #E8AA74 #78E874

square

#74B2E8 #E474E8 #E8AA74 #78E874

split-complementary

#74B2E8 #E87478 #E8E474

monochromatic

#2076C2 #3F95DF #74B2E8 #A9CFF1 #DDECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#74B2E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#74B2E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B2E8

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B2E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B2E8	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA7E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39BFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b2e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 178, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.101 246.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c8ef',
    500: '#74b2e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b2e8;
$custom-light: #a2c8ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b2e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.931,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74259,
    "c": 0.10138,
    "h": 246
  },
  "luminance": 0.4138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B2E8

secondary

#EDDBCA

accent

#6C12D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B2E8

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

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