#74B9F8#74B9F8

#74B9F8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.115 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74B9F8
RGBrgb(116, 185, 248)
HSLhsl(209, 90%, 71%)
HSVhsv(209, 53%, 97%)
CMYKcmyk(53.2%, 25.4%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LABlab(73.01, -4.39, -37.86)
CIE-LCHlch(73.01, 38.11, 263.38°)
OKLaboklab(76.5% -0.0441 -0.106)
OKLCHoklch(76.5% 0.115 247.4)
XYZxyz(41.4887, 45.1848, 95.3240)
Luminance0.4519 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74B9F8 #F8B374
analogous
#74F8F5 #74B9F8 #7477F8
triadic
#74B9F8 #F874B9 #B9F874
tetradic
#74B9F8 #F574F8 #F8B374 #77F874
square
#74B9F8 #F574F8 #F8B374 #77F874
split-complementary
#74B9F8 #F87477 #F8F574
monochromatic
#0C7EE6 #3A9CF5 #74B9F8 #AED6FB #E2F0FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09
#74B9F8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04
#74B9F8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B9F8
10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74B9F8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##74B9F81.002.0910.0410.04
#FFFFFF2.091.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0421.001.001.00
##00000010.0421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9FBBFB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8DADF7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#20C8CF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74b9f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 185, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.115 247.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cdfa',
    500: '#74b9f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74b9f8;
$custom-light: #a4cdfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74b9f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.636,
    "s": 90.411,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.765,
    "c": 0.11486,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74B9F8
secondary
#F5E3D3
accent
#6E00E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F9FF
border
#CED2D7
text
#101317
muted
#7F8285

Preview Lab

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#74B9F8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva