#74B5F6#74B5F6

#74B5F6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.116 H 249.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74B5F6
RGBrgb(116, 181, 246)
HSLhsl(210, 88%, 71%)
HSVhsv(210, 53%, 96%)
CMYKcmyk(52.8%, 26.4%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LABlab(71.83, -2.79, -38.61)
CIE-LCHlch(71.83, 38.71, 265.86°)
OKLaboklab(75.54% -0.0403 -0.1082)
OKLCHoklch(75.54% 0.116 249.6)
XYZxyz(40.3550, 43.4113, 93.4236)
Luminance0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74B5F6 #F6B574
analogous
#74F6F6 #74B5F6 #7474F6
triadic
#74B5F6 #F674B5 #B5F674
tetradic
#74B5F6 #F674F6 #F6B574 #74F674
square
#74B5F6 #F674F6 #F6B574 #74F674
split-complementary
#74B5F6 #F67474 #F6F674
monochromatic
#0F78E1 #3B96F2 #74B5F6 #ADD4FA #E2F0FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17
#74B5F6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68
#74B5F6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B5F6
9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74B5F6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##74B5F61.002.179.689.68
#FFFFFF2.171.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6821.001.001.00
##0000009.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9AB7F9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#89AAF5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#26C4CB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74b5f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 181, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.116 249.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cbf9',
    500: '#74b5f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74b5f6;
$custom-light: #a4cbf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74b5f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 87.838,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75544,
    "c": 0.1155,
    "h": 249.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74B5F6
secondary
#F4E3D2
accent
#7301E4
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F8FF
border
#CED1D7
text
#101317
muted
#7F8285

Preview Lab

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#74B5F6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva