#74BCE2#74BCE2

#74BCE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.091 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BCE2
RGB	rgb(116, 188, 226)
HSL	hsl(201, 65%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(201, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 16.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, -12.38, -25.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 28.76, 244.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% -0.0548 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.091 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9082, 45.1674, 78.6046)
Luminance	0.4517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BCE2 #E29A74

analogous

#74E2D1 #74BCE2 #7485E2

triadic

#74BCE2 #E274BC #BCE274

tetradic

#74BCE2 #D174E2 #E29A74 #85E274

square

#74BCE2 #D174E2 #E29A74 #85E274

split-complementary

#74BCE2 #E27485 #E2D174

monochromatic

#2684B6 #41A4D7 #74BCE2 #A7D4ED #D9EDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#74BCE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#74BCE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BCE2

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BCE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BCE2	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)

#AABAE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAEE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CC6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 188, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.091 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0eb',
    500: '#74bce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bce2;
$custom-light: #a2d0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.727,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76212,
    "c": 0.09053,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BCE2

secondary

#EAD4C7

accent

#5718CD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BCE2

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

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