#74B4E8#74B4E8

#74B4E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.100 H 244.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B4E8
RGB	rgb(116, 180, 232)
HSL	hsl(207, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(207, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 22.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -6.36, -32.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 32.93, 258.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.0435 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.1 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0841, 42.1788, 82.4627)
Luminance	0.4218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B4E8 #E8A874

analogous

#74E8E2 #74B4E8 #747AE8

triadic

#74B4E8 #E874B4 #B4E874

tetradic

#74B4E8 #E274E8 #E8A874 #7AE874

square

#74B4E8 #E274E8 #E8A874 #7AE874

split-complementary

#74B4E8 #E8747A #E8E274

monochromatic

#2079C2 #3F98DF #74B4E8 #A9D0F1 #DDEDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#74B4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#74B4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B4E8

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B4E8	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 180, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.100 244.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2caef',
    500: '#74b4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b4e8;
$custom-light: #a2caef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.897,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74697,
    "c": 0.10012,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B4E8

secondary

#EDDACA

accent

#6912D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B4E8

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

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