#74BAEF#74BAEF

#74BAEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.104 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BAEF
RGB	rgb(116, 186, 239)
HSL	hsl(206, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(206, 51%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 22.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.93, -7.58, -33.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.93, 33.98, 257.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.0481 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.104 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3358, 45.0596, 88.2164)
Luminance	0.4506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BAEF #EFA974

analogous

#74EFE7 #74BAEF #747CEF

triadic

#74BAEF #EF74BA #BAEF74

tetradic

#74BAEF #E774EF #EFA974 #7CEF74

square

#74BAEF #E774EF #EFA974 #7CEF74

split-complementary

#74BAEF #EF747C #EFE774

monochromatic

#1881D1 #3D9FE9 #74BAEF #ABD5F5 #E2F0FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#74BAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#74BAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BAEF

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BAEF	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3BAF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ADEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EC7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74baef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 186, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.104 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cef4',
    500: '#74baef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74baef;
$custom-light: #a3cef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74baef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.854,
    "s": 79.355,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76317,
    "c": 0.1042,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BAEF

secondary

#F1DDCE

accent

#640ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BAEF

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

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