#74BDEA#74BDEA

#74BDEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.098 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74BDEA
RGBrgb(116, 189, 234)
HSLhsl(203, 74%, 69%)
HSVhsv(203, 50%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(50.4%, 19.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LABlab(73.58, -10.64, -29.42)
CIE-LCHlch(73.58, 31.28, 250.12°)
OKLaboklab(76.76% -0.0532 -0.0819)
OKLCHoklch(76.76% 0.098 237)
XYZxyz(40.2460, 46.0455, 84.5928)
Luminance0.4605 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74BDEA #EAA174
analogous
#74EADC #74BDEA #7482EA
triadic
#74BDEA #EA74BD #BDEA74
tetradic
#74BDEA #DC74EA #EAA174 #82EA74
square
#74BDEA #DC74EA #EAA174 #82EA74
split-complementary
#74BDEA #EA7482 #EADC74
monochromatic
#1E86C6 #3FA4E2 #74BDEA #A9D6F2 #DEEFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06
#74BDEA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21
#74BDEA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BDEA
10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74BDEA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##74BDEA1.002.0610.2110.21
#FFFFFF2.061.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2121.001.001.00
##00000010.2121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A8BCEC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#98AFE9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#33C9CC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74bdea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 189, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.098 237.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0f0',
    500: '#74bdea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74bdea;
$custom-light: #a3d0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74bdea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.881,
    "s": 73.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76763,
    "c": 0.09761,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.46049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74BDEA
secondary
#EFD9CB
accent
#5B10D6
background
#FAFCFE
surface
#F4F9FD
border
#CED2D5
text
#101416
muted
#7F8284

Preview Lab

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#74BDEA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva