#74B5EC#74B5EC

#74B5EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.104 H 245.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74B5EC
RGBrgb(116, 181, 236)
HSLhsl(208, 76%, 69%)
HSVhsv(208, 51%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(50.8%, 23.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LABlab(71.43, -5.74, -33.82)
CIE-LCHlch(71.43, 34.30, 260.36°)
OKLaboklab(75.09% -0.0434 -0.0945)
OKLCHoklch(75.09% 0.104 245.3)
XYZxyz(38.8613, 42.8138, 85.5567)
Luminance0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74B5EC #ECAB74
analogous
#74ECE7 #74B5EC #7479EC
triadic
#74B5EC #EC74B5 #B5EC74
tetradic
#74B5EC #E774EC #ECAB74 #79EC74
square
#74B5EC #E774EC #ECAB74 #79EC74
split-complementary
#74B5EC #EC7479 #ECE774
monochromatic
#1C7ACA #3E98E5 #74B5EC #AAD2F3 #E0EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20
#74B5EC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56
#74B5EC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B5EC
9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74B5EC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##74B5EC1.002.209.569.56
#FFFFFF2.201.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5621.001.001.00
##0000009.5621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9EB6EF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8EAAEB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#34C2C8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74b5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 181, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.104 245.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cbf2',
    500: '#74b5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74b5ec;
$custom-light: #a3cbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74b5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.5,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75092,
    "c": 0.10394,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74B5EC
secondary
#EFDCCC
accent
#6A0DD8
background
#FAFCFE
surface
#F4F8FD
border
#CED1D5
text
#101317
muted
#7F8285

Preview Lab

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#74B5EC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva