#74BAEC#74BAEC

#74BAEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.101 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BAEC
RGB	rgb(116, 186, 236)
HSL	hsl(205, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(205, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 21.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -8.45, -31.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 32.78, 255.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.0491 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.101 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8963, 44.8838, 85.9017)
Luminance	0.4489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BAEC #ECA674

analogous

#74ECE2 #74BAEC #747EEC

triadic

#74BAEC #EC74BA #BAEC74

tetradic

#74BAEC #E274EC #ECA674 #7EEC74

square

#74BAEC #E274EC #ECA674 #7EEC74

split-complementary

#74BAEC #EC747E #ECE274

monochromatic

#1C81CA #3E9FE5 #74BAEC #AAD5F3 #E0EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#74BAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#74BAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BAEC

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BAEC	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ADEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32C6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74baec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 186, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.101 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cef2',
    500: '#74baec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74baec;
$custom-light: #a3cef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74baec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76187,
    "c": 0.10102,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BAEC

secondary

#EFDBCC

accent

#620DD8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BAEC

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

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