#74B3EB#74B3EB

#74B3EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.104 H 246.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B3EB
RGB	rgb(116, 179, 235)
HSL	hsl(208, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(208, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 23.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -4.94, -34.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 34.55, 261.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0414 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.104 246.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3127, 41.9484, 84.6591)
Luminance	0.4195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B3EB #EBAC74

analogous

#74EBE7 #74B3EB #7478EB

triadic

#74B3EB #EB74B3 #B3EB74

tetradic

#74B3EB #E774EB #EBAC74 #78EB74

square

#74B3EB #E774EB #EBAC74 #78EB74

split-complementary

#74B3EB #EB7478 #EBE774

monochromatic

#1D77C8 #3E96E3 #74B3EB #AAD0F3 #DFEEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#74B3EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#74B3EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B3EB

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B3EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B3EB	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB4EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35C0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b3eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 179, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.104 246.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c9f1',
    500: '#74b3eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b3eb;
$custom-light: #a3c9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b3eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.235,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74611,
    "c": 0.10413,
    "h": 246.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B3EB

secondary

#EFDCCC

accent

#6D0FD7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B3EB

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

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