#74BCED#74BCED

#74BCED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.101 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BCED
RGB	rgb(116, 188, 237)
HSL	hsl(204, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(204, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -9.24, -31.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 32.63, 253.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.051 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.101 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4662, 45.7906, 86.8104)
Luminance	0.4579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BCED #EDA574

analogous

#74EDE2 #74BCED #7480ED

triadic

#74BCED #ED74BC #BCED74

tetradic

#74BCED #E274ED #EDA574 #80ED74

square

#74BCED #E274ED #EDA574 #80ED74

split-complementary

#74BCED #ED7480 #EDE274

monochromatic

#1A84CC #3EA2E6 #74BCED #AAD6F4 #E0F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#74BCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#74BCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BCED

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BCED	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BBEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30C8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 188, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.101 239.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0f3',
    500: '#74bced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bced;
$custom-light: #a3d0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.298,
    "s": 77.07,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76669,
    "c": 0.10105,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BCED

secondary

#F0DBCD

accent

#5F0CD9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BCED

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

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