#74BBE9#74BBE9

#74BBE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.097 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BBE9
RGB	rgb(116, 187, 233)
HSL	hsl(204, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(204, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 19.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.98, -9.86, -29.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.98, 31.38, 251.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.0512 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.097 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6755, 45.1337, 83.6959)
Luminance	0.4514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BBE9 #E9A274

analogous

#74E9DD #74BBE9 #7480E9

triadic

#74BBE9 #E974BB #BBE974

tetradic

#74BBE9 #DD74E9 #E9A274 #80E974

square

#74BBE9 #DD74E9 #E9A274 #80E974

split-complementary

#74BBE9 #E97480 #E9DD74

monochromatic

#1F83C4 #3FA1E1 #74BBE9 #A9D5F1 #DEEFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#74BBE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#74BBE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BBE9

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BBE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BBE9	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BAEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AEE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35C7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bbe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 187, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.097 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cff0',
    500: '#74bbe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bbe9;
$custom-light: #a3cff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bbe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.59,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76279,
    "c": 0.09749,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BBE9

secondary

#EED9CB

accent

#5E11D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BBE9

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

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