#74B2EB#74B2EB

#74B2EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.105 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B2EB
RGB	rgb(116, 178, 235)
HSL	hsl(209, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(209, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 24.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, -4.39, -34.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 34.90, 262.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0403 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.105 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1130, 41.5490, 84.5925)
Luminance	0.4155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B2EB #EBAD74

analogous

#74EBE8 #74B2EB #7477EB

triadic

#74B2EB #EB74B2 #B2EB74

tetradic

#74B2EB #E874EB #EBAD74 #77EB74

square

#74B2EB #E874EB #EBAD74 #77EB74

split-complementary

#74B2EB #EB7477 #EBE874

monochromatic

#1D76C8 #3E94E3 #74B2EB #AAD0F3 #DFEDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#74B2EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#74B2EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B2EB

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B2EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B2EB	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB3EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36BFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b2eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 178, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.105 247.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c8f1',
    500: '#74b2eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b2eb;
$custom-light: #a3c8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b2eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.739,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74393,
    "c": 0.10482,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B2EB

secondary

#EFDDCC

accent

#6F0FD7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B2EB

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

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