#74BCEE#74BCEE

#74BCEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.102 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BCEE
RGB	rgb(116, 188, 238)
HSL	hsl(205, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(205, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 21%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, -8.95, -31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 33.02, 254.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% -0.0507 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.102 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6127, 45.8492, 87.5820)
Luminance	0.4585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BCEE #EEA674

analogous

#74EEE3 #74BCEE #747FEE

triadic

#74BCEE #EE74BC #BCEE74

tetradic

#74BCEE #E374EE #EEA674 #7FEE74

square

#74BCEE #E374EE #EEA674 #7FEE74

split-complementary

#74BCEE #EE747F #EEE374

monochromatic

#1984CE #3DA2E7 #74BCEE #ABD6F5 #E1F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#74BCEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#74BCEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BCEE

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BCEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BCEE	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BCF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AFED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EC8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bcee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 188, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.102 240.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bcee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.59,
    "s": 78.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76712,
    "c": 0.10208,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BCEE

secondary

#F0DCCD

accent

#600BDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BCEE

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

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