#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
RGB	rgb(116, 181, 246)
HSL	hsl(210, 88%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(210, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 26.4%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -2.79, -38.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 38.71, 265.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0403 -0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.116 249.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3550, 43.4113, 93.4236)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##74B5F6	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #74B5F6

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

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