#74BCF9#74BCF9

#74BCF9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.114 H 245.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BCF9
RGB	rgb(116, 188, 249)
HSL	hsl(208, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(208, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 24.5%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -5.73, -37.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 37.49, 261.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% -0.0471 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.114 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.2784, 46.5155, 96.3546)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BCF9 #F9B174

analogous

#74F9F4 #74BCF9 #747AF9

triadic

#74BCF9 #F974BC #BCF974

tetradic

#74BCF9 #F474F9 #F9B174 #7AF974

square

#74BCF9 #F474F9 #F9B174 #7AF974

split-complementary

#74BCF9 #F9747A #F9F474

monochromatic

#0A83E9 #39A0F6 #74BCF9 #AFD8FC #E2F1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#74BCF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#74BCF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BCF9

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BCF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BCF9	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2BDFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90B0F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CCBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bcf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 188, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.114 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d0fb',
    500: '#74bcf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bcf9;
$custom-light: #a4d0fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bcf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.519,
    "s": 91.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77195,
    "c": 0.11393,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BCF9

secondary

#F5E3D3

accent

#6900E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BCF9

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

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