#74B4E2#74B4E2

#74B4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.094 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B4E2
RGB	rgb(116, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(205, 65%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(205, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -8.09, -29.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 30.49, 254.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0455 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.094 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2463, 41.8437, 78.0507)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B4E2 #E2A274

analogous

#74E2D9 #74B4E2 #747DE2

triadic

#74B4E2 #E274B4 #B4E274

tetradic

#74B4E2 #D974E2 #E2A274 #7DE274

square

#74B4E2 #D974E2 #E2A274 #7DE274

split-complementary

#74B4E2 #E2747D #E2D974

monochromatic

#267AB6 #4199D7 #74B4E2 #A7CFED #D9EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#74B4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#74B4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B4E2

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B4E2	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B4E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A8E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EBFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.094 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2caeb',
    500: '#74b4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b4e2;
$custom-light: #a2caeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.091,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74438,
    "c": 0.09364,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B4E2

secondary

#EAD6C7

accent

#6418CD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B4E2

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

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