#74B4E0#74B4E0

#74B4E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.092 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B4E0
RGB	rgb(116, 180, 224)
HSL	hsl(204, 64%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(204, 48%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 19.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -8.66, -28.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 29.72, 253.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.0462 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.092 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9735, 41.7346, 76.6138)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B4E0 #E0A074

analogous

#74E0D6 #74B4E0 #747EE0

triadic

#74B4E0 #E074B4 #B4E074

tetradic

#74B4E0 #D674E0 #E0A074 #7EE074

square

#74B4E0 #D674E0 #E0A074 #7EE074

split-complementary

#74B4E0 #E0747E #E0D674

monochromatic

#287AB2 #4299D5 #74B4E0 #A6CFEB #D8EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#74B4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#74B4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B4E0

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B4E0	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)

#A1B3E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A8DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 180, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.092 239.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cae9',
    500: '#74b4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b4e0;
$custom-light: #a2cae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.444,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74353,
    "c": 0.09156,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B4E0

secondary

#E9D5C7

accent

#621ACB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B4E0

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

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