#74B6E2#74B6E2

#74B6E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.093 H 238.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B6E2
RGB	rgb(116, 182, 226)
HSL	hsl(204, 65%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(204, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 19.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -9.17, -28.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 29.98, 252.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0479 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.093 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6530, 42.6570, 78.1862)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B6E2 #E2A074

analogous

#74E2D7 #74B6E2 #747FE2

triadic

#74B6E2 #E274B6 #B6E274

tetradic

#74B6E2 #D774E2 #E2A074 #7FE274

square

#74B6E2 #D774E2 #E2A074 #7FE274

split-complementary

#74B6E2 #E2747F #E2D774

monochromatic

#267CB6 #419BD7 #74B6E2 #A7D1ED #D9EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#74B6E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#74B6E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B6E2

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B6E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B6E2	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B5E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AAE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DC1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b6e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 182, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.093 238.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cbeb',
    500: '#74b6e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b6e2;
$custom-light: #a2cbeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b6e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7488,
    "c": 0.09269,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B6E2

secondary

#EAD5C7

accent

#6118CD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B6E2

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

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