#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
RGBrgb(116, 180, 224)
HSLhsl(204, 64%, 67%)
HSVhsv(204, 48%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(48.2%, 19.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(70.69, -8.66, -28.43)
CIE-LCHlch(70.69, 29.72, 253.06°)
OKLaboklab(74.35% -0.0462 -0.079)
OKLCHoklch(74.35% 0.092 239.7)
XYZxyz(36.9735, 41.7346, 76.6138)
Luminance0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##74B4E01.002.259.359.35
#FFFFFF2.251.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3521.001.001.00
##0000009.3521.001.001.00

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

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#74B4E0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva