#74B2EA#74B2EA

#74B2EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.104 H 246.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B2EA
RGB	rgb(116, 178, 234)
HSL	hsl(208, 74%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(208, 50%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 23.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -4.68, -34.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 34.46, 262.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.0406 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.104 246.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9689, 41.4914, 83.8338)
Luminance	0.4149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B2EA #EAAC74

analogous

#74EAE7 #74B2EA #7477EA

triadic

#74B2EA #EA74B2 #B2EA74

tetradic

#74B2EA #E774EA #EAAC74 #77EA74

square

#74B2EA #E774EA #EAAC74 #77EA74

split-complementary

#74B2EA #EA7477 #EAE774

monochromatic

#1E76C6 #3F95E2 #74B2EA #A9CFF2 #DEEDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#74B2EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#74B2EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B2EA

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B2EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B2EA	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA7E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37BFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b2ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 178, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.104 246.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c8f1',
    500: '#74b2ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b2ea;
$custom-light: #a2c8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b2ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.475,
    "s": 73.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74348,
    "c": 0.10367,
    "h": 246.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B2EA

secondary

#EFDCCB

accent

#6E10D6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B2EA

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

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