#74BDED#74BDED

#74BDED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.101 H 238.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BDED
RGB	rgb(116, 189, 237)
HSL	hsl(204, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(204, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 20.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, -9.78, -30.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 32.38, 252.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.0521 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.101 238.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.6806, 46.2193, 86.8818)
Luminance	0.4622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BDED #EDA474

analogous

#74EDE1 #74BDED #7481ED

triadic

#74BDED #ED74BD #BDED74

tetradic

#74BDED #E174ED #EDA474 #81ED74

square

#74BDED #E174ED #EDA474 #81ED74

split-complementary

#74BDED #ED7481 #EDE174

monochromatic

#1A86CC #3EA3E6 #74BDED #AAD7F4 #E0F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#74BDED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#74BDED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BDED

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BDED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BDED	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BCEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FC9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 189, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.101 238.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0f3',
    500: '#74bded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bded;
$custom-light: #a3d0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.802,
    "s": 77.07,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7689,
    "c": 0.10057,
    "h": 238.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BDED

secondary

#F0DBCD

accent

#5E0CD9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BDED

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

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