#74B9DF#74B9DF

#74B9DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.089 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74B9DF
RGBrgb(116, 185, 223)
HSLhsl(201, 63%, 66%)
HSVhsv(201, 48%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(48%, 17%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LABlab(72.05, -11.62, -25.79)
CIE-LCHlch(72.05, 28.29, 245.74°)
OKLaboklab(75.42% -0.0524 -0.0715)
OKLCHoklch(75.42% 0.089 233.8)
XYZxyz(37.8659, 43.7358, 76.2442)
Luminance0.4374 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74B9DF #DF9A74
analogous
#74DFCF #74B9DF #7484DF
triadic
#74B9DF #DF74B9 #B9DF74
tetradic
#74B9DF #CF74DF #DF9A74 #84DF74
square
#74B9DF #CF74DF #DF9A74 #84DF74
split-complementary
#74B9DF #DF7484 #DFCF74
monochromatic
#2980B0 #42A0D4 #74B9DF #A6D2EA #D7EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15
#74B9DF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75
#74B9DF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B9DF
9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74B9DF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##74B9DF1.002.159.759.75
#FFFFFF2.151.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7521.001.001.00
##0000009.7521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A7B7E1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#98ACDE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#3FC3C5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74b9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 185, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.089 233.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cee9',
    500: '#74b9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74b9df;
$custom-light: #a2cee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74b9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.308,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75422,
    "c": 0.08869,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74B9DF
secondary
#E9D2C6
accent
#591BCA
background
#FAFCFE
surface
#F4F9FC
border
#CED2D5
text
#0F1316
muted
#7F8284

Preview Lab

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#74B9DF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva