#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
RGB	rgb(116, 178, 233)
HSL	hsl(208, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(208, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 23.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -4.98, -33.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 34.02, 261.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.0409 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.103 246.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8257, 41.4341, 83.0793)
Luminance	0.4144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

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
##74B2E9	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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