#74B4EE#74B4EE

#74B4EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.107 H 247.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B4EE
RGB	rgb(116, 180, 238)
HSL	hsl(209, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(209, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 24.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -4.61, -35.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 35.51, 262.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.0416 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.107 247.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.9509, 42.5255, 87.0280)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B4EE #EEAE74

analogous

#74EEEB #74B4EE #7477EE

triadic

#74B4EE #EE74B4 #B4EE74

tetradic

#74B4EE #EB74EE #EEAE74 #77EE74

square

#74B4EE #EB74EE #EEAE74 #77EE74

split-complementary

#74B4EE #EE7477 #EEEB74

monochromatic

#1978CE #3D97E7 #74B4EE #ABD1F5 #E1EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#74B4EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#74B4EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B4EE

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B4EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B4EE	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32C2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b4ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 180, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.107 247.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3caf3',
    500: '#74b4ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b4ee;
$custom-light: #a3caf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b4ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.525,
    "s": 78.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74963,
    "c": 0.10689,
    "h": 247.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B4EE

secondary

#F0DECD

accent

#6E0BDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B4EE

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

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