#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
RGB	rgb(116, 185, 223)
HSL	hsl(201, 63%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(201, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 17%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, -11.62, -25.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 28.29, 245.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.0524 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.089 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8659, 43.7358, 76.2442)
Luminance	0.4374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##74B9DF	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #74B9DF

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

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