#74BCE7#74BCE7

#74BCE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.095 H 236.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BCE7
RGB	rgb(116, 188, 231)
HSL	hsl(202, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(202, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 18.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.18, -10.96, -28.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.18, 30.44, 248.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.0531 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.095 236.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6043, 45.4458, 82.2707)
Luminance	0.4545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BCE7 #E79F74

analogous

#74E7D9 #74BCE7 #7482E7

triadic

#74BCE7 #E774BC #BCE774

tetradic

#74BCE7 #D974E7 #E79F74 #82E774

square

#74BCE7 #D974E7 #E79F74 #82E774

split-complementary

#74BCE7 #E77482 #E7D974

monochromatic

#2184C0 #40A3DE #74BCE7 #A8D5F0 #DCEEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#74BCE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#74BCE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BCE7

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BCE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BCE7	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BBE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AEE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37C7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bce7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 188, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.095 236.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0ee',
    500: '#74bce7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bce7;
$custom-light: #a2d0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bce7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.435,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76417,
    "c": 0.09512,
    "h": 236.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BCE7

secondary

#EDD7CA

accent

#5B13D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BCE7

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

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