#74B5E9#74B5E9

#74B5E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.101 H 243.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B5E9
RGB	rgb(116, 181, 233)
HSL	hsl(207, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(207, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 22.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -6.62, -32.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 33.04, 258.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.0444 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.101 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4291, 42.6410, 83.2805)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B5E9 #E9A874

analogous

#74E9E3 #74B5E9 #747AE9

triadic

#74B5E9 #E974B5 #B5E974

tetradic

#74B5E9 #E374E9 #E9A874 #7AE974

square

#74B5E9 #E374E9 #E9A874 #7AE974

split-complementary

#74B5E9 #E9747A #E9E374

monochromatic

#1F7AC4 #3F99E1 #74B5E9 #A9D1F1 #DEEDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#74B5E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#74B5E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B5E9

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B5E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B5E9	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB5EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b5e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 181, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.101 243.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cbf0',
    500: '#74b5e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b5e9;
$custom-light: #a2cbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b5e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7496,
    "c": 0.10061,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B5E9

secondary

#EEDACB

accent

#6811D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B5E9

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

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