#74BAEB#74BAEB

#74BAEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.100 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BAEB
RGB	rgb(116, 186, 235)
HSL	hsl(205, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(205, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 20.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -8.74, -31.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 32.39, 254.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.0494 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.1 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.7514, 44.8258, 85.1386)
Luminance	0.4483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BAEB #EBA574

analogous

#74EBE1 #74BAEB #747FEB

triadic

#74BAEB #EB74BA #BAEB74

tetradic

#74BAEB #E174EB #EBA574 #7FEB74

square

#74BAEB #E174EB #EBA574 #7FEB74

split-complementary

#74BAEB #EB747F #EBE174

monochromatic

#1D81C8 #3E9FE3 #74BAEB #AAD5F3 #DFEFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#74BAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#74BAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BAEB

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BAEB	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ADEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33C6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74baeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 186, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.100 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cef1',
    500: '#74baeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74baeb;
$custom-light: #a3cef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74baeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.706,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76144,
    "c": 0.09998,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BAEB

secondary

#EFDACC

accent

#610FD7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BAEB

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

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