#74BAF8#74BAF8

#74BAF8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.114 H 246.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74BAF8
RGBrgb(116, 186, 248)
HSLhsl(208, 90%, 71%)
HSVhsv(208, 53%, 97%)
CMYKcmyk(53.2%, 25%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LABlab(73.29, -4.94, -37.43)
CIE-LCHlch(73.29, 37.75, 262.48°)
OKLaboklab(76.72% -0.0452 -0.1048)
OKLCHoklch(76.72% 0.114 246.7)
XYZxyz(41.6986, 45.6047, 95.3939)
Luminance0.4561 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74BAF8 #F8B274
analogous
#74F8F4 #74BAF8 #7478F8
triadic
#74BAF8 #F874BA #BAF874
tetradic
#74BAF8 #F474F8 #F8B274 #78F874
square
#74BAF8 #F474F8 #F8B274 #78F874
split-complementary
#74BAF8 #F87478 #F8F474
monochromatic
#0C7FE6 #3A9DF5 #74BAF8 #AED7FB #E2F1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07
#74BAF8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12
#74BAF8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BAF8
10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74BAF8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##74BAF81.002.0710.1210.12
#FFFFFF2.071.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1221.001.001.00
##00000010.1221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A0BBFB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8FAEF7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#1FC9CF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74baf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 186, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.114 246.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cefa',
    500: '#74baf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74baf8;
$custom-light: #a4cefa;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74baf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.182,
    "s": 90.411,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76716,
    "c": 0.11416,
    "h": 246.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74BAF8
secondary
#F5E3D3
accent
#6C00E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F9FF
border
#CED2D7
text
#101317
muted
#7F8285

Preview Lab

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#74BAF8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva