#74B2FD#74B2FD
#74B2FD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.126 H 254.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #74B2FD |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(116, 178, 253) |
| HSL | hsl(213, 97%, 72%) |
| HSV | hsv(213, 54%, 99%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(54.2%, 29.6%, 0%, 0.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.31, 0.98, -43.21) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.31, 43.22, 271.29°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.23% -0.035 -0.1216) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.23% 0.126 254) |
| XYZ | xyz(40.8463, 42.6423, 98.9878) |
| Luminance | 0.4265 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | cyan |
Closest named colors
Sky Blue (survey)
#75BBFD
ΔE00 3.03
Carolina Blue
#8AB8FE
ΔE00 3.41
Sky
#82CAFC
ΔE00 7.64
Pastel Blue
#A2BFFE
ΔE00 7.90
Baby Blue (survey)
#A2CFFE
ΔE00 8.28
Lightblue (survey)
#7BC8F6
ΔE00 8.46
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#74B2FD #FDBF74
analogous
#74F6FD #74B2FD #7B74FD
triadic
#74B2FD #FD74B2 #B2FD74
tetradic
#74B2FD #FD74F6 #FDBF74 #74FD7B
square
#74B2FD #FD74F6 #FDBF74 #74FD7B
split-complementary
#74B2FD #FD7B74 #F6FD74
monochromatic
#0370F3 #3891FC #74B2FD #B0D3FE #E1EEFF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.20
#74B2FD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.53
#74B2FD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #74B2FD
9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##74B2FD | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##74B2FD | 1.00 | 2.20 | 9.53 | 9.53 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.20 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.53 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.53 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#94B6FF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#82A9FB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#19C3CC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #74b2fd; /* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 178, 253); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.126 254.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#a4c8fe',
500: '#74b2fd',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #74b2fd; $custom-light: #a4c8fe; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#74b2fd",
"rgb": {
"r": 116,
"g": 178,
"b": 253
},
"hsl": {
"h": 212.847,
"s": 97.163,
"l": 72.353
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75232,
"c": 0.12649,
"h": 254
},
"luminance": 0.42646
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#74B2FD
secondary
#F7E7D4
accent
#7E00E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F8FF
border
#CED1D7
text
#101318
muted
#7F8286