#74B6F8#74B6F8

#74B6F8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.117 H 249.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74B6F8
RGBrgb(116, 182, 248)
HSLhsl(210, 90%, 71%)
HSVhsv(210, 53%, 97%)
CMYKcmyk(53.2%, 26.6%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LABlab(72.19, -2.75, -39.14)
CIE-LCHlch(72.19, 39.23, 265.99°)
OKLaboklab(75.85% -0.0408 -0.1097)
OKLCHoklch(75.85% 0.117 249.6)
XYZxyz(40.8677, 43.9429, 95.1170)
Luminance0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74B6F8 #F8B674
analogous
#74F8F8 #74B6F8 #7474F8
triadic
#74B6F8 #F874B6 #B6F874
tetradic
#74B6F8 #F874F8 #F8B674 #74F874
square
#74B6F8 #F874F8 #F8B674 #74F874
split-complementary
#74B6F8 #F87474 #F8F874
monochromatic
#0C79E6 #3A97F5 #74B6F8 #AED5FB #E2F0FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15
#74B6F8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79
#74B6F8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B6F8
9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74B6F8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##74B6F81.002.159.799.79
#FFFFFF2.151.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7921.001.001.00
##0000009.7921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9BB8FB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8AABF7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#21C5CD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74b6f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 182, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.117 249.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cbfb',
    500: '#74b6f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74b6f8;
$custom-light: #a4cbfb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74b6f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 90.411,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75852,
    "c": 0.11709,
    "h": 249.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74B6F8
secondary
#F5E4D3
accent
#7300E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F8FF
border
#CED1D7
text
#101317
muted
#7F8285

Preview Lab

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#74B6F8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva