#74B9EE#74B9EE

#74B9EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.104 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B9EE
RGB	rgb(116, 185, 238)
HSL	hsl(206, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(206, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 22.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -7.33, -33.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 33.87, 257.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.0473 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.104 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9785, 44.5808, 87.3706)
Luminance	0.4458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B9EE #EEA974

analogous

#74EEE6 #74B9EE #747CEE

triadic

#74B9EE #EE74B9 #B9EE74

tetradic

#74B9EE #E674EE #EEA974 #7CEE74

square

#74B9EE #E674EE #EEA974 #7CEE74

split-complementary

#74B9EE #EE747C #EEE674

monochromatic

#1980CE #3D9EE7 #74B9EE #ABD4F5 #E1F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#74B9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#74B9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B9EE

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B9EE	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ADED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30C6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 185, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.104 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cdf3',
    500: '#74b9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b9ee;
$custom-light: #a3cdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.066,
    "s": 78.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76054,
    "c": 0.1037,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B9EE

secondary

#F0DDCD

accent

#650BDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B9EE

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

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