#74B2EE#74B2EE

#74B2EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.108 H 248.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B2EE
RGB	rgb(116, 178, 238)
HSL	hsl(210, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(210, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 25.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -3.51, -36.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 36.23, 264.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.0394 -0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.108 248.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5500, 41.7238, 86.8944)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B2EE #EEB074

analogous

#74EEED #74B2EE #7475EE

triadic

#74B2EE #EE74B2 #B2EE74

tetradic

#74B2EE #ED74EE #EEB074 #75EE74

square

#74B2EE #ED74EE #EEB074 #75EE74

split-complementary

#74B2EE #EE7475 #EEED74

monochromatic

#1975CE #3D94E7 #74B2EE #ABD0F5 #E1EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#74B2EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#74B2EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B2EE

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B2EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B2EE	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA7ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32C0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b2ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 178, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.108 248.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c8f3',
    500: '#74b2ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b2ee;
$custom-light: #a3c8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b2ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.508,
    "s": 78.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74528,
    "c": 0.10832,
    "h": 248.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B2EE

secondary

#F0DFCD

accent

#710BDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B2EE

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

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