#74B4EA#74B4EA

#74B4EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.102 H 245.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B4EA
RGB	rgb(116, 180, 234)
HSL	hsl(207, 74%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(207, 50%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 23.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -5.78, -33.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 33.78, 260.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0429 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.102 245.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3698, 42.2931, 83.9674)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B4EA #EAAA74

analogous

#74EAE5 #74B4EA #7479EA

triadic

#74B4EA #EA74B4 #B4EA74

tetradic

#74B4EA #E574EA #EAAA74 #79EA74

square

#74B4EA #E574EA #EAAA74 #79EA74

split-complementary

#74B4EA #EA7479 #EAE574

monochromatic

#1E79C6 #3F97E2 #74B4EA #A9D1F2 #DEEDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#74B4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#74B4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B4EA

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B4EA	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB5ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA9E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 180, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.102 245.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2caf1',
    500: '#74b4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b4ea;
$custom-light: #a2caf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.458,
    "s": 73.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74785,
    "c": 0.10235,
    "h": 245.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B4EA

secondary

#EFDBCB

accent

#6A10D6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B4EA

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

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