#74B4EB#74B4EB

#74B4EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.103 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B4EB
RGB	rgb(116, 180, 235)
HSL	hsl(208, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(208, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 23.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -5.49, -33.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 34.21, 260.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0426 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.103 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5138, 42.3507, 84.7261)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B4EB #EBAB74

analogous

#74EBE7 #74B4EB #7479EB

triadic

#74B4EB #EB74B4 #B4EB74

tetradic

#74B4EB #E774EB #EBAB74 #79EB74

square

#74B4EB #E774EB #EBAB74 #79EB74

split-complementary

#74B4EB #EB7479 #EBE774

monochromatic

#1D79C8 #3E97E3 #74B4EB #AAD1F3 #DFEEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#74B4EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#74B4EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B4EB

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B4EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B4EB	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35C1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b4eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 180, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.103 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3caf1',
    500: '#74b4eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b4eb;
$custom-light: #a3caf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b4eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.731,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74829,
    "c": 0.10347,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B4EB

secondary

#EFDCCC

accent

#6B0FD7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B4EB

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

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