#74BAFB#74BAFB

#74BAFB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.118 H 247.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74BAFB
RGBrgb(116, 186, 251)
HSLhsl(209, 94%, 72%)
HSVhsv(209, 54%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(53.8%, 25.9%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LABlab(73.41, -4.05, -38.86)
CIE-LCHlch(73.41, 39.07, 264.05°)
OKLaboklab(76.85% -0.0443 -0.1089)
OKLCHoklch(76.85% 0.118 247.9)
XYZxyz(42.1677, 45.7924, 97.8648)
Luminance0.4580 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74BAFB #FBB574
analogous
#74FBF9 #74BAFB #7477FB
triadic
#74BAFB #FB74BA #BAFB74
tetradic
#74BAFB #F974FB #FBB574 #77FB74
square
#74BAFB #F974FB #FBB574 #77FB74
split-complementary
#74BAFB #FB7477 #FBF974
monochromatic
#077FEE #399CF9 #74BAFB #AFD8FD #E1F0FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

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

On black

10.16
#74BAFB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BAFB
10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74BAFB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##74BAFB1.002.0710.1610.16
#FFFFFF2.071.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1621.001.001.00
##00000010.1621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9FBCFE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8DAEFA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#18C9D0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74bafb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 186, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.118 247.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cefd',
    500: '#74bafb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74bafb;
$custom-light: #a4cefd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74bafb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.889,
    "s": 94.406,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76853,
    "c": 0.1176,
    "h": 247.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74BAFB
secondary
#F6E5D4
accent
#6F00E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F9FF
border
#CED2D7
text
#101317
muted
#7F8285

Preview Lab

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