#74B8F9#74B8F9

#74B8F9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.117 H 248.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74B8F9
RGBrgb(116, 184, 249)
HSLhsl(209, 92%, 72%)
HSVhsv(209, 53%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(53.4%, 26.1%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LABlab(72.78, -3.55, -38.76)
CIE-LCHlch(72.78, 38.92, 264.77°)
OKLaboklab(76.33% -0.0427 -0.1087)
OKLCHoklch(76.33% 0.117 248.5)
XYZxyz(41.4358, 44.8302, 96.0737)
Luminance0.4483 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74B8F9 #F9B574
analogous
#74F9F7 #74B8F9 #7476F9
triadic
#74B8F9 #F974B8 #B8F974
tetradic
#74B8F9 #F774F9 #F9B574 #76F974
square
#74B8F9 #F774F9 #F9B574 #76F974
split-complementary
#74B8F9 #F97476 #F9F774
monochromatic
#0A7CE9 #399AF6 #74B8F9 #AFD6FC #E2F0FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11
#74B8F9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97
#74B8F9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B8F9
9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74B8F9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##74B8F91.002.119.979.97
#FFFFFF2.111.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9721.001.001.00
##0000009.9721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9DBAFC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8CADF8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#1EC7CE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74b8f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 184, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.117 248.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cdfb',
    500: '#74b8f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74b8f9;
$custom-light: #a4cdfb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74b8f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.323,
    "s": 91.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76329,
    "c": 0.11675,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74B8F9
secondary
#F5E4D3
accent
#7000E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F8FF
border
#CED1D7
text
#101317
muted
#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B8F9

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#74B8F9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva