#74BAF4#74BAF4

#74BAF4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.110 H 244.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BAF4
RGB	rgb(116, 186, 244)
HSL	hsl(207, 85%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(207, 52%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 23.8%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, -6.12, -35.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 36.04, 260.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% -0.0465 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.11 244.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.0847, 45.3591, 92.1606)
Luminance	0.4536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BAF4 #F4AE74

analogous

#74F4EE #74BAF4 #747AF4

triadic

#74BAF4 #F474BA #BAF474

tetradic

#74BAF4 #EE74F4 #F4AE74 #7AF474

square

#74BAF4 #EE74F4 #F4AE74 #7AF474

split-complementary

#74BAF4 #F4747A #F4EE74

monochromatic

#1180DC #3B9EF0 #74BAF4 #ADD6F8 #E3F1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#74BAF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#74BAF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BAF4

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BAF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BAF4	1.00	2.08	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1BBF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AEF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27C8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74baf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 186, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.110 244.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cef8',
    500: '#74baf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74baf4;
$custom-light: #a4cef8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74baf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.188,
    "s": 85.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76537,
    "c": 0.10966,
    "h": 244.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BAF4

secondary

#F3E0D1

accent

#6804E2

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BAF4

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

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