#74BCEF#74BCEF

#74BCEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.103 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BCEF
RGB	rgb(116, 188, 239)
HSL	hsl(205, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(205, 51%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 21.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, -8.66, -32.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 33.41, 254.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.0503 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.103 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.7601, 45.9081, 88.3578)
Luminance	0.4591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BCEF #EFA774

analogous

#74EFE5 #74BCEF #747FEF

triadic

#74BCEF #EF74BC #BCEF74

tetradic

#74BCEF #E574EF #EFA774 #7FEF74

square

#74BCEF #E574EF #EFA774 #7FEF74

split-complementary

#74BCEF #EF747F #EFE574

monochromatic

#1884D1 #3DA2E9 #74BCEF #ABD6F5 #E2F1FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#74BCEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#74BCEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BCEF

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BCEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BCEF	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BCF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AFEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DC9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bcef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 188, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.103 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0f4',
    500: '#74bcef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bcef;
$custom-light: #a3d0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bcef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.878,
    "s": 79.355,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76755,
    "c": 0.1031,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BCEF

secondary

#F1DCCE

accent

#610ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BCEF

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

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