#74BAED#74BAED

#74BAED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.102 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BAED
RGB	rgb(116, 186, 237)
HSL	hsl(205, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(205, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 21.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.85, -8.16, -32.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.85, 33.18, 255.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% -0.0487 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.102 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0419, 44.9420, 86.6689)
Luminance	0.4495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BAED #EDA774

analogous

#74EDE3 #74BAED #747EED

triadic

#74BAED #ED74BA #BAED74

tetradic

#74BAED #E374ED #EDA774 #7EED74

square

#74BAED #E374ED #EDA774 #7EED74

split-complementary

#74BAED #ED747E #EDE374

monochromatic

#1A81CC #3E9FE6 #74BAED #AAD5F4 #E0F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#74BAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#74BAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BAED

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BAED	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BAEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ADEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31C7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74baed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 186, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.102 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cef3',
    500: '#74baed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74baed;
$custom-light: #a3cef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74baed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.289,
    "s": 77.07,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7623,
    "c": 0.10207,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BAED

secondary

#F0DCCD

accent

#630CD9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BAED

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

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