#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
RGB	rgb(116, 186, 248)
HSL	hsl(208, 90%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(208, 53%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 25%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.29, -4.94, -37.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.29, 37.75, 262.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.0452 -0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.114 246.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.6986, 45.6047, 95.3939)
Luminance	0.4561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##74BAF8	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #74BAF8

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

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