#74B4E4#74B4E4

#74B4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.096 H 242.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B4E4
RGB	rgb(116, 180, 228)
HSL	hsl(206, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(206, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 21.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -7.51, -30.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 31.29, 256.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0449 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.096 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5224, 41.9541, 79.5044)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B4E4 #E4A474

analogous

#74E4DC #74B4E4 #747CE4

triadic

#74B4E4 #E474B4 #B4E474

tetradic

#74B4E4 #DC74E4 #E4A474 #7CE474

square

#74B4E4 #DC74E4 #E4A474 #7CE474

split-complementary

#74B4E4 #E4747C #E4DC74

monochromatic

#2479BA #4198DA #74B4E4 #A7D0EE #DAEBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#74B4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#74B4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B4E4

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B4E4	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)

#9FB4E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A8E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CC0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 180, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.096 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2caec',
    500: '#74b4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b4e4;
$custom-light: #a2caec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74524,
    "c": 0.09576,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B4E4

secondary

#EBD7C8

accent

#6616CF

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B4E4

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

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