#74B4E9#74B4E9

#74B4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.101 H 244.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B4E9
RGB	rgb(116, 180, 233)
HSL	hsl(207, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(207, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 22.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -6.07, -32.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 33.35, 259.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0432 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.101 244.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2265, 42.2358, 83.2129)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B4E9 #E9A974

analogous

#74E9E3 #74B4E9 #7479E9

triadic

#74B4E9 #E974B4 #B4E974

tetradic

#74B4E9 #E374E9 #E9A974 #79E974

square

#74B4E9 #E374E9 #E9A974 #79E974

split-complementary

#74B4E9 #E97479 #E9E374

monochromatic

#1F79C4 #3F97E1 #74B4E9 #A9D1F1 #DEEDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#74B4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#74B4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B4E9

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B4E9	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB5EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 180, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.101 244.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2caf0',
    500: '#74b4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b4e9;
$custom-light: #a2caf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.179,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74741,
    "c": 0.10122,
    "h": 244.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B4E9

secondary

#EEDBCB

accent

#6A11D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B4E9

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

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