#74BAFA#74BAFA

#74BAFA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.116 H 247.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74BAFA
RGBrgb(116, 186, 250)
HSLhsl(209, 93%, 72%)
HSVhsv(209, 54%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(53.6%, 25.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LABlab(73.37, -4.34, -38.38)
CIE-LCHlch(73.37, 38.63, 263.54°)
OKLaboklab(76.81% -0.0446 -0.1076)
OKLCHoklch(76.81% 0.116 247.5)
XYZxyz(42.0105, 45.7295, 97.0368)
Luminance0.4573 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74BAFA #FAB474
analogous
#74FAF7 #74BAFA #7477FA
triadic
#74BAFA #FA74BA #BAFA74
tetradic
#74BAFA #F774FA #FAB474 #77FA74
square
#74BAFA #F774FA #FAB474 #77FA74
split-complementary
#74BAFA #FA7477 #FAF774
monochromatic
#087FEB #399DF8 #74BAFA #AFD7FC #E1F0FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

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

On black

10.15
#74BAFA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BAFA
10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74BAFA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##74BAFA1.002.0710.1510.15
#FFFFFF2.071.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1521.001.001.00
##00000010.1521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9FBCFD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8EAEF9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#1BC9D0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74bafa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 186, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.116 247.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cefc',
    500: '#74bafa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74bafa;
$custom-light: #a4cefc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74bafa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.657,
    "s": 93.056,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76807,
    "c": 0.11644,
    "h": 247.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74BAFA
secondary
#F6E4D4
accent
#6E00E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F9FF
border
#CED2D7
text
#101317
muted
#7F8285

Preview Lab

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