#74B6EF#74B6EF

#74B6EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.107 H 245.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B6EF
RGB	rgb(116, 182, 239)
HSL	hsl(208, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(208, 51%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 23.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -5.41, -34.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 35.25, 261.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.0436 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.107 245.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5049, 43.3978, 87.9395)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B6EF #EFAD74

analogous

#74EFEB #74B6EF #7479EF

triadic

#74B6EF #EF74B6 #B6EF74

tetradic

#74B6EF #EB74EF #EFAD74 #79EF74

square

#74B6EF #EB74EF #EFAD74 #79EF74

split-complementary

#74B6EF #EF7479 #EFEB74

monochromatic

#187BD1 #3D99E9 #74B6EF #ABD3F5 #E2F0FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#74B6EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#74B6EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B6EF

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B6EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B6EF	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)

#9EB7F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAAEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30C4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b6ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 182, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.107 245.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cbf4',
    500: '#74b6ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b6ef;
$custom-light: #a3cbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b6ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.805,
    "s": 79.355,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75443,
    "c": 0.10667,
    "h": 245.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B6EF

secondary

#F1DECE

accent

#6B0ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B6EF

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

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