#74BAF9#74BAF9

#74BAF9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.115 H 247.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74BAF9
RGBrgb(116, 186, 249)
HSLhsl(208, 92%, 72%)
HSVhsv(208, 53%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(53.4%, 25.3%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LABlab(73.33, -4.64, -37.91)
CIE-LCHlch(73.33, 38.19, 263.02°)
OKLaboklab(76.76% -0.0449 -0.1062)
OKLCHoklch(76.76% 0.115 247.1)
XYZxyz(41.8541, 45.6669, 96.2132)
Luminance0.4567 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74BAF9 #F9B374
analogous
#74F9F5 #74BAF9 #7478F9
triadic
#74BAF9 #F974BA #BAF974
tetradic
#74BAF9 #F574F9 #F9B374 #78F974
square
#74BAF9 #F574F9 #F9B374 #78F974
split-complementary
#74BAF9 #F97478 #F9F574
monochromatic
#0A7FE9 #399DF6 #74BAF9 #AFD7FC #E2F0FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07
#74BAF9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13
#74BAF9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BAF9
10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74BAF9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##74BAF91.002.0710.1310.13
#FFFFFF2.071.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1321.001.001.00
##00000010.1321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A0BCFC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8EAEF8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#1DC9D0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74baf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 186, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.115 247.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cefb',
    500: '#74baf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74baf9;
$custom-light: #a4cefb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74baf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.421,
    "s": 91.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76762,
    "c": 0.1153,
    "h": 247.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74BAF9
secondary
#F5E4D3
accent
#6D00E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F9FF
border
#CED2D7
text
#101317
muted
#7F8285

Preview Lab

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#74BAF9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva