#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
RGB	rgb(116, 181, 236)
HSL	hsl(208, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(208, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 23.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, -5.74, -33.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 34.30, 260.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0434 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.104 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8613, 42.8138, 85.5567)
Luminance	0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##74B5EC	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #74B5EC

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

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