#74B4F9#74B4F9

#74B4F9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.120 H 251.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74B4F9
RGBrgb(116, 180, 249)
HSLhsl(211, 92%, 72%)
HSVhsv(211, 53%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(53.4%, 27.7%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LABlab(71.69, -1.34, -40.46)
CIE-LCHlch(71.69, 40.49, 268.10°)
OKLaboklab(75.47% -0.0383 -0.1136)
OKLCHoklch(75.47% 0.12 251.4)
XYZxyz(40.6166, 43.1918, 95.8006)
Luminance0.4320 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74B4F9 #F9B974
analogous
#74F6F9 #74B4F9 #7774F9
triadic
#74B4F9 #F974B4 #B4F974
tetradic
#74B4F9 #F974F6 #F9B974 #74F977
square
#74B4F9 #F974F6 #F9B974 #74F977
split-complementary
#74B4F9 #F97774 #F6F974
monochromatic
#0A75E9 #3994F6 #74B4F9 #AFD4FC #E2EFFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18
#74B4F9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64
#74B4F9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B4F9
9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74B4F9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##74B4F91.002.189.649.64
#FFFFFF2.181.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6421.001.001.00
##0000009.6421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#98B7FC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#87AAF8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#21C4CC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74b4f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 180, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.120 251.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cafb',
    500: '#74b4f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74b4f9;
$custom-light: #a4cafb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74b4f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.128,
    "s": 91.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75469,
    "c": 0.11988,
    "h": 251.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74B4F9
secondary
#F5E5D3
accent
#7700E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F8FF
border
#CED1D7
text
#101317
muted
#7F8285

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#74B4F9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva