#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
RGBrgb(116, 180, 238)
HSLhsl(209, 78%, 69%)
HSVhsv(209, 51%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(51.3%, 24.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(71.23, -4.61, -35.21)
CIE-LCHlch(71.23, 35.51, 262.54°)
OKLaboklab(74.96% -0.0416 -0.0984)
OKLCHoklch(74.96% 0.107 247.1)
XYZxyz(38.9509, 42.5255, 87.0280)
Luminance0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##74B4EE1.002.219.519.51
#FFFFFF2.211.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5121.001.001.00
##0000009.5121.001.001.00

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

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#74B4EE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva