#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
RGBrgb(116, 184, 238)
HSLhsl(207, 78%, 69%)
HSVhsv(207, 51%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(51.3%, 22.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(72.34, -6.79, -33.49)
CIE-LCHlch(72.34, 34.18, 258.54°)
OKLaboklab(75.83% -0.0462 -0.0935)
OKLCHoklch(75.83% 0.104 243.7)
XYZxyz(39.7701, 44.1639, 87.3011)
Luminance0.4417 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##74B8EE1.002.149.839.83
#FFFFFF2.141.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8321.001.001.00
##0000009.8321.001.001.00

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

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#74B8EE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva