#74B4EC#74B4EC

#74B4EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.105 H 246.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B4EC
RGB	rgb(116, 180, 236)
HSL	hsl(208, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(208, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 23.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -5.20, -34.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 34.64, 261.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.0423 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.105 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6587, 42.4086, 85.4891)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B4EC #ECAC74

analogous

#74ECE8 #74B4EC #7478EC

triadic

#74B4EC #EC74B4 #B4EC74

tetradic

#74B4EC #E874EC #ECAC74 #78EC74

square

#74B4EC #E874EC #ECAC74 #78EC74

split-complementary

#74B4EC #EC7478 #ECE874

monochromatic

#1C79CA #3E97E5 #74B4EC #AAD1F3 #E0EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#74B4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#74B4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B4EC

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B4EC	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34C1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 180, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.105 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3caf2',
    500: '#74b4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b4ec;
$custom-light: #a3caf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74873,
    "c": 0.1046,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B4EC

secondary

#EFDDCC

accent

#6C0DD8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B4EC

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

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