#74BCFF#74BCFF

#74BCFF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.121 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BCFF
RGB	rgb(116, 188, 255)
HSL	hsl(209, 100%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(209, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 26.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, -3.94, -39.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 40.09, 264.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% -0.0453 -0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.121 248)
XYZ	xyz(43.2292, 46.8958, 101.3621)
Luminance	0.4690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BCFF #FFB774

analogous

#74FFFD #74BCFF #7476FF

triadic

#74BCFF #FF74BC #BCFF74

tetradic

#74BCFF #FD74FF #FFB774 #76FF74

square

#74BCFF #FD74FF #FFB774 #76FF74

split-complementary

#74BCFF #FF7476 #FFFD74

monochromatic

#0081F9 #379FFF #74BCFF #B1D9FF #E0F0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#74BCFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#74BCFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BCFF

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BCFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BCFF	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0BEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EB0FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06CCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bcff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 188, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.121 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d0ff',
    500: '#74bcff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bcff;
$custom-light: #a5d0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bcff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.921,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77468,
    "c": 0.12075,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.46899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BCFF

secondary

#F7E5D4

accent

#6F00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BCFF

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

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