#74B5ED#74B5ED

#74B5ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.105 H 245.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B5ED
RGB	rgb(116, 181, 237)
HSL	hsl(208, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(208, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 23.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -5.45, -34.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 34.73, 260.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.0431 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.105 245.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0070, 42.8721, 86.3240)
Luminance	0.4288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B5ED #EDAC74

analogous

#74EDE9 #74B5ED #7479ED

triadic

#74B5ED #ED74B5 #B5ED74

tetradic

#74B5ED #E974ED #EDAC74 #79ED74

square

#74B5ED #E974ED #EDAC74 #79ED74

split-complementary

#74B5ED #ED7479 #EDE974

monochromatic

#1A7ACC #3E98E6 #74B5ED #AAD2F4 #E0EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#74B5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#74B5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B5ED

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B5ED	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAAEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32C2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 181, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.105 245.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cbf3',
    500: '#74b5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b5ed;
$custom-light: #a3cbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.769,
    "s": 77.07,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75136,
    "c": 0.10507,
    "h": 245.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B5ED

secondary

#F0DDCD

accent

#6B0CD9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B5ED

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

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