#74B8EE#74B8EE

#74B8EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.104 H 243.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B8EE
RGB	rgb(116, 184, 238)
HSL	hsl(207, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(207, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 22.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -6.79, -33.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 34.18, 258.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.0462 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.104 243.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7701, 44.1639, 87.3011)
Luminance	0.4417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B8EE #EEAA74

analogous

#74EEE7 #74B8EE #747BEE

triadic

#74B8EE #EE74B8 #B8EE74

tetradic

#74B8EE #E774EE #EEAA74 #7BEE74

square

#74B8EE #E774EE #EEAA74 #7BEE74

split-complementary

#74B8EE #EE747B #EEE774

monochromatic

#197ECE #3D9CE7 #74B8EE #ABD4F5 #E1F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#74B8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#74B8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B8EE

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B8EE	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ACED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30C5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 184, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.104 243.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cdf3',
    500: '#74b8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b8ee;
$custom-light: #a3cdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.557,
    "s": 78.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75835,
    "c": 0.10429,
    "h": 243.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B8EE

secondary

#F0DDCD

accent

#670BDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B8EE

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

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