#74BAEE#74BAEE

#74BAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.103 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BAEE
RGB	rgb(116, 186, 238)
HSL	hsl(206, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(206, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 21.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.89, -7.88, -32.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.89, 33.57, 256.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% -0.0484 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.103 242)
XYZ	xyz(40.1884, 45.0007, 87.4405)
Luminance	0.4500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BAEE #EEA874

analogous

#74EEE5 #74BAEE #747DEE

triadic

#74BAEE #EE74BA #BAEE74

tetradic

#74BAEE #E574EE #EEA874 #7DEE74

square

#74BAEE #E574EE #EEA874 #7DEE74

split-complementary

#74BAEE #EE747D #EEE574

monochromatic

#1981CE #3D9FE7 #74BAEE #ABD5F5 #E1F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#74BAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#74BAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BAEE

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BAEE	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3BAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ADED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FC7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74baee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 186, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.103 242.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74baee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.574,
    "s": 78.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76273,
    "c": 0.10313,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.45004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BAEE

secondary

#F0DCCD

accent

#630BDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BAEE

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

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