#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
RGB	rgb(116, 189, 234)
HSL	hsl(203, 74%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(203, 50%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 19.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, -10.64, -29.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 31.28, 250.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.0532 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.098 237)
XYZ	xyz(40.2460, 46.0455, 84.5928)
Luminance	0.4605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##74BDEA	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #74BDEA

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

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