#74BAE9#74BAE9

#74BAE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.098 H 239.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BAE9
RGB	rgb(116, 186, 233)
HSL	hsl(204, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(204, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 20.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, -9.32, -30.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 31.63, 252.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.0501 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.098 239.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.4641, 44.7109, 83.6254)
Luminance	0.4471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BAE9 #E9A374

analogous

#74E9DE #74BAE9 #747FE9

triadic

#74BAE9 #E974BA #BAE974

tetradic

#74BAE9 #DE74E9 #E9A374 #7FE974

square

#74BAE9 #DE74E9 #E9A374 #7FE974

split-complementary

#74BAE9 #E9747F #E9DE74

monochromatic

#1F81C4 #3FA0E1 #74BAE9 #A9D4F1 #DEEEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#74BAE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#74BAE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BAE9

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BAE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BAE9	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B9EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ADE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35C6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 186, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.098 239.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cef0',
    500: '#74bae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bae9;
$custom-light: #a3cef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.103,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76059,
    "c": 0.09794,
    "h": 239.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BAE9

secondary

#EED9CB

accent

#5F11D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BAE9

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

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