#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
RGB	rgb(116, 180, 249)
HSL	hsl(211, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(211, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 27.7%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -1.34, -40.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 40.49, 268.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% -0.0383 -0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.12 251.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6166, 43.1918, 95.8006)
Luminance	0.4320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

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
##74B4F9	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B4F9

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

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