#74B4E3#74B4E3

#74B4E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.095 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B4E3
RGB	rgb(116, 180, 227)
HSL	hsl(205, 66%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(205, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 20.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, -7.80, -29.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 30.89, 255.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0452 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.095 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3839, 41.8987, 78.7754)
Luminance	0.4190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B4E3 #E3A374

analogous

#74E3DA #74B4E3 #747DE3

triadic

#74B4E3 #E374B4 #B4E374

tetradic

#74B4E3 #DA74E3 #E3A374 #7DE374

square

#74B4E3 #DA74E3 #E3A374 #7DE374

split-complementary

#74B4E3 #E3747D #E3DA74

monochromatic

#257AB8 #4199D9 #74B4E3 #A7CFED #DAEBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#74B4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#74B4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B4E3

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B4E3	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B4E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A8E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DC0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 180, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.095 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2caec',
    500: '#74b4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b4e3;
$custom-light: #a2caec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.405,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74481,
    "c": 0.0947,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B4E3

secondary

#EBD7C8

accent

#6517CE

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B4E3

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

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