#74B2E9#74B2E9

#74B2E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.103 H 246.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74B2E9
RGBrgb(116, 178, 233)
HSLhsl(208, 73%, 68%)
HSVhsv(208, 50%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(50.2%, 23.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(70.48, -4.98, -33.66)
CIE-LCHlch(70.48, 34.02, 261.59°)
OKLaboklab(74.3% -0.0409 -0.094)
OKLCHoklch(74.3% 0.103 246.5)
XYZxyz(37.8257, 41.4341, 83.0793)
Luminance0.4144 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74B2E9 #E9AB74
analogous
#74E9E5 #74B2E9 #7477E9
triadic
#74B2E9 #E974B2 #B2E974
tetradic
#74B2E9 #E574E9 #E9AB74 #77E974
square
#74B2E9 #E574E9 #E9AB74 #77E974
split-complementary
#74B2E9 #E97477 #E9E574
monochromatic
#1F76C4 #3F95E1 #74B2E9 #A9CFF1 #DEEDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26
#74B2E9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29
#74B2E9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B2E9
9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74B2E9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##74B2E91.002.269.299.29
#FFFFFF2.261.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2921.001.001.00
##0000009.2921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9BB3EC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8CA7E8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#38BFC5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74b2e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 178, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.103 246.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c8f0',
    500: '#74b2e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74b2e9;
$custom-light: #a2c8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74b2e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.205,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74304,
    "c": 0.10252,
    "h": 246.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74B2E9
secondary
#EEDBCB
accent
#6D11D5
background
#FAFCFE
surface
#F4F8FD
border
#CED1D5
text
#101316
muted
#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B2E9

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#74B2E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva