#74BDEB#74BDEB

#74BDEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.099 H 237.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BDEB
RGB	rgb(116, 189, 235)
HSL	hsl(203, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(203, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 19.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.61, -10.35, -29.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.61, 31.65, 250.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.0528 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.099 237.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3900, 46.1031, 85.3515)
Luminance	0.4611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BDEB #EBA274

analogous

#74EBDE #74BDEB #7482EB

triadic

#74BDEB #EB74BD #BDEB74

tetradic

#74BDEB #DE74EB #EBA274 #82EB74

square

#74BDEB #DE74EB #EBA274 #82EB74

split-complementary

#74BDEB #EB7482 #EBDE74

monochromatic

#1D86C8 #3EA4E3 #74BDEB #AAD6F3 #DFF0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#74BDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#74BDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BDEB

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BDEB	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BCED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AFEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32C9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 189, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.099 237.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0f1',
    500: '#74bdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bdeb;
$custom-light: #a3d0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.193,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76805,
    "c": 0.09859,
    "h": 237.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BDEB

secondary

#EFD9CC

accent

#5C0FD7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BDEB

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

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