#74BAE7#74BAE7

#74BAE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.096 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BAE7
RGB	rgb(116, 186, 231)
HSL	hsl(203, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(203, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 19.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, -9.89, -29.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 30.88, 251.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.0508 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.096 238)
XYZ	xyz(39.1800, 44.5973, 82.1293)
Luminance	0.4460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BAE7 #E7A174

analogous

#74E7DA #74BAE7 #7480E7

triadic

#74BAE7 #E774BA #BAE774

tetradic

#74BAE7 #DA74E7 #E7A174 #80E774

square

#74BAE7 #DA74E7 #E7A174 #80E774

split-complementary

#74BAE7 #E77480 #E7DA74

monochromatic

#2182C0 #40A0DE #74BAE7 #A8D4F0 #DCEEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#74BAE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#74BAE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BAE7

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BAE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BAE7	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)

#A6B9E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ADE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37C5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 186, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.096 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2ceee',
    500: '#74bae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bae7;
$custom-light: #a2ceee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.478,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75974,
    "c": 0.09594,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BAE7

secondary

#EDD8CA

accent

#5E13D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BAE7

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

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