#74BDEC#74BDEC

#74BDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.100 H 238.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BDEC
RGB	rgb(116, 189, 236)
HSL	hsl(204, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(204, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 19.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, -10.06, -30.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 32.01, 251.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% -0.0525 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.1 238.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5349, 46.1611, 86.1145)
Luminance	0.4616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BDEC #ECA374

analogous

#74ECDF #74BDEC #7481EC

triadic

#74BDEC #EC74BD #BDEC74

tetradic

#74BDEC #DF74EC #ECA374 #81EC74

square

#74BDEC #DF74EC #ECA374 #81EC74

split-complementary

#74BDEC #EC7481 #ECDF74

monochromatic

#1C86CA #3EA3E5 #74BDEC #AAD7F3 #E0F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#74BDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#74BDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BDEC

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BDEC	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BCEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AFEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31C9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 189, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.100 238.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0f2',
    500: '#74bdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bdec;
$custom-light: #a3d0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.5,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76847,
    "c": 0.09958,
    "h": 238.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BDEC

secondary

#EFDACC

accent

#5D0DD8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BDEC

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

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