#74B8F8#74B8F8

#74B8F8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.116 H 248.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B8F8
RGB	rgb(116, 184, 248)
HSL	hsl(209, 90%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(209, 53%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 25.8%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, -3.85, -38.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 38.48, 264.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.043 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.116 248.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2802, 44.7679, 95.2545)
Luminance	0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B8F8 #F8B474

analogous

#74F8F6 #74B8F8 #7476F8

triadic

#74B8F8 #F874B8 #B8F874

tetradic

#74B8F8 #F674F8 #F8B474 #76F874

square

#74B8F8 #F674F8 #F8B474 #76F874

split-complementary

#74B8F8 #F87476 #F8F674

monochromatic

#0C7CE6 #3A9AF5 #74B8F8 #AED6FB #E2F0FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#74B8F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#74B8F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B8F8

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B8F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B8F8	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DBAFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CADF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20C7CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b8f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 184, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.116 248.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cdfa',
    500: '#74b8f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b8f8;
$custom-light: #a4cdfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b8f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.091,
    "s": 90.411,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76284,
    "c": 0.11558,
    "h": 248.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B8F8

secondary

#F5E3D3

accent

#6F00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B8F8

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

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