#74B4E6#74B4E6

#74B4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.098 H 243.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B4E6
RGB	rgb(116, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(206, 70%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(206, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -6.94, -31.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 32.10, 257.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0442 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.098 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8016, 42.0658, 80.9751)
Luminance	0.4207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B4E6 #E6A674

analogous

#74E6DF #74B4E6 #747BE6

triadic

#74B4E6 #E674B4 #B4E674

tetradic

#74B4E6 #DF74E6 #E6A674 #7BE674

square

#74B4E6 #DF74E6 #E6A674 #7BE674

split-complementary

#74B4E6 #E6747B #E6DF74

monochromatic

#2279BE #4098DD #74B4E6 #A8D0EF #DCECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#74B4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#74B4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B4E6

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B4E6	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB4E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AC0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.098 243.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2caee',
    500: '#74b4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b4e6;
$custom-light: #a2caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.316,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7461,
    "c": 0.09792,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B4E6

secondary

#ECD9C9

accent

#6714D1

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B4E6

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

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