#74B5EE#74B5EE

#74B5EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.106 H 246.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B5EE
RGB	rgb(116, 181, 238)
HSL	hsl(208, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(208, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 23.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -5.16, -34.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 35.16, 261.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0428 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.106 246.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.1535, 42.9307, 87.0955)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B5EE #EEAD74

analogous

#74EEEA #74B5EE #7478EE

triadic

#74B5EE #EE74B5 #B5EE74

tetradic

#74B5EE #EA74EE #EEAD74 #78EE74

square

#74B5EE #EA74EE #EEAD74 #78EE74

split-complementary

#74B5EE #EE7478 #EEEA74

monochromatic

#197ACE #3D98E7 #74B5EE #ABD2F5 #E1EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#74B5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#74B5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B5EE

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B5EE	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DAAED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 181, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.106 246.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cbf3',
    500: '#74b5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b5ee;
$custom-light: #a3cbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.033,
    "s": 78.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7518,
    "c": 0.10621,
    "h": 246.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B5EE

secondary

#F0DECD

accent

#6C0BDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B5EE

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

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