#74BAFD#74BAFD

#74BAFD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.120 H 248.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BAFD
RGB	rgb(116, 186, 253)
HSL	hsl(209, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(209, 54%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 26.5%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, -3.45, -39.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 39.95, 265.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0437 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.12 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.4847, 45.9191, 99.5339)
Luminance	0.4592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BAFD #FDB774

analogous

#74FDFB #74BAFD #7476FD

triadic

#74BAFD #FD74BA #BAFD74

tetradic

#74BAFD #FB74FD #FDB774 #76FD74

square

#74BAFD #FB74FD #FDB774 #76FD74

split-complementary

#74BAFD #FD7476 #FDFB74

monochromatic

#037EF3 #389CFC #74BAFD #B0D8FE #E1F0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#74BAFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#74BAFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BAFD

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BAFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BAFD	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EBCFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CAEFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12CAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bafd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 186, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.120 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cefe',
    500: '#74bafd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bafd;
$custom-light: #a4cefe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bafd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.343,
    "s": 97.163,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76945,
    "c": 0.11991,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BAFD

secondary

#F7E5D4

accent

#7000E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BAFD

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

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