#74B4FA#74B4FA

#74B4FA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.121 H 251.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B4FA
RGB	rgb(116, 180, 250)
HSL	hsl(211, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(211, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 28%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -1.04, -40.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 40.95, 268.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.038 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.121 251.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7730, 43.2543, 96.6243)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B4FA #FABA74

analogous

#74F7FA #74B4FA #7774FA

triadic

#74B4FA #FA74B4 #B4FA74

tetradic

#74B4FA #FA74F7 #FABA74 #74FA77

square

#74B4FA #FA74F7 #FABA74 #74FA77

split-complementary

#74B4FA #FA7774 #F7FA74

monochromatic

#0875EB #3994F8 #74B4FA #AFD4FC #E1EFFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#74B4FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#74B4FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B4FA

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B4FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B4FA	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B7FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86AAF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EC4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b4fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 180, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.121 251.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cafc',
    500: '#74b4fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b4fa;
$custom-light: #a4cafc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b4fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.343,
    "s": 93.056,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75516,
    "c": 0.12109,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B4FA

secondary

#F6E6D4

accent

#7800E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B4FA

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

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