#74B5EA#74B5EA

#74B5EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.102 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B5EA
RGB	rgb(116, 181, 234)
HSL	hsl(207, 74%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(207, 50%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 22.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -6.32, -32.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 33.46, 259.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.044 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.102 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5724, 42.6983, 84.0349)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B5EA #EAA974

analogous

#74EAE4 #74B5EA #747AEA

triadic

#74B5EA #EA74B5 #B5EA74

tetradic

#74B5EA #E474EA #EAA974 #7AEA74

square

#74B5EA #E474EA #EAA974 #7AEA74

split-complementary

#74B5EA #EA747A #EAE474

monochromatic

#1E7AC6 #3F99E2 #74B5EA #A9D1F2 #DEEEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#74B5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#74B5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B5EA

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B5EA	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB6EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 181, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.102 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cbf1',
    500: '#74b5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b5ea;
$custom-light: #a2cbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.949,
    "s": 73.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75003,
    "c": 0.10172,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B5EA

secondary

#EFDBCB

accent

#6910D6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B5EA

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

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