#74B8EA#74B8EA

#74B8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.100 H 241.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B8EA
RGB	rgb(116, 184, 234)
HSL	hsl(205, 74%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(205, 50%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -7.95, -31.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 32.55, 255.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0475 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.1 241.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.1889, 43.9314, 84.2404)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B8EA #EAA674

analogous

#74EAE1 #74B8EA #747DEA

triadic

#74B8EA #EA74B8 #B8EA74

tetradic

#74B8EA #E174EA #EAA674 #7DEA74

square

#74B8EA #E174EA #EAA674 #7DEA74

split-complementary

#74B8EA #EA747D #EAE174

monochromatic

#1E7FC6 #3F9DE2 #74B8EA #A9D3F2 #DEEEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#74B8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#74B8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B8EA

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B8EA	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ACE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35C4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 184, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.100 241.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cdf1',
    500: '#74b8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b8ea;
$custom-light: #a3cdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.424,
    "s": 73.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75661,
    "c": 0.09999,
    "h": 241.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B8EA

secondary

#EFDACB

accent

#6410D6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B8EA

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

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