#74B2F6#74B2F6

#74B2F6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.118 H 251.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74B2F6
RGBrgb(116, 178, 246)
HSLhsl(211, 88%, 71%)
HSVhsv(211, 53%, 96%)
CMYKcmyk(52.8%, 27.6%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LABlab(71.01, -1.13, -39.89)
CIE-LCHlch(71.01, 39.91, 268.37°)
OKLaboklab(74.9% -0.0369 -0.1119)
OKLCHoklch(74.9% 0.118 251.7)
XYZxyz(39.7516, 42.2045, 93.2224)
Luminance0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74B2F6 #F6B874
analogous
#74F3F6 #74B2F6 #7774F6
triadic
#74B2F6 #F674B2 #B2F674
tetradic
#74B2F6 #F674F3 #F6B874 #74F677
square
#74B2F6 #F674F3 #F6B874 #74F677
split-complementary
#74B2F6 #F67774 #F3F674
monochromatic
#0F73E1 #3B92F2 #74B2F6 #ADD2FA #E2EFFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22
#74B2F6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44
#74B2F6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B2F6
9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74B2F6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##74B2F61.002.229.449.44
#FFFFFF2.221.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4421.001.001.00
##0000009.4421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#96B5F9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#86A8F5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#27C2CA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74b2f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 178, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.118 251.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c8f9',
    500: '#74b2f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74b2f6;
$custom-light: #a4c8f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74b2f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.385,
    "s": 87.838,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74898,
    "c": 0.11789,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74B2F6
secondary
#F4E4D2
accent
#7801E4
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F8FF
border
#CED1D7
text
#101317
muted
#7F8285

Preview Lab

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#74B2F6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva