#74BDEE#74BDEE

#74BDEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.102 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BDEE
RGB	rgb(116, 189, 238)
HSL	hsl(204, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(204, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 20.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, -9.49, -31.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 32.76, 253.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.0518 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.102 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.8271, 46.2779, 87.6534)
Luminance	0.4628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BDEE #EEA574

analogous

#74EEE2 #74BDEE #7480EE

triadic

#74BDEE #EE74BD #BDEE74

tetradic

#74BDEE #E274EE #EEA574 #80EE74

square

#74BDEE #E274EE #EEA574 #80EE74

split-complementary

#74BDEE #EE7480 #EEE274

monochromatic

#1986CE #3DA3E7 #74BDEE #ABD7F5 #E1F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#74BDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#74BDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BDEE

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BDEE	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BCF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96B0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EC9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 189, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.102 239.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.098,
    "s": 78.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76932,
    "c": 0.10158,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BDEE

secondary

#F0DBCD

accent

#5E0BDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BDEE

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

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