#74BAE2#74BAE2

#74BAE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.091 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BAE2
RGB	rgb(116, 186, 226)
HSL	hsl(202, 65%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(202, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 17.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, -11.31, -26.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 29.11, 247.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0525 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.091 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4839, 44.3188, 78.4632)
Luminance	0.4432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BAE2 #E29C74

analogous

#74E2D3 #74BAE2 #7483E2

triadic

#74BAE2 #E274BA #BAE274

tetradic

#74BAE2 #D374E2 #E29C74 #83E274

square

#74BAE2 #D374E2 #E29C74 #83E274

split-complementary

#74BAE2 #E27483 #E2D374

monochromatic

#2681B6 #41A1D7 #74BAE2 #A7D3ED #D9ECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#74BAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#74BAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BAE2

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BAE2	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B8E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ACE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CC5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 186, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.091 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2ceeb',
    500: '#74bae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bae2;
$custom-light: #a2ceeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75767,
    "c": 0.09112,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BAE2

secondary

#EAD4C7

accent

#5A18CD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BAE2

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

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