#74BDF0#74BDF0

#74BDF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.104 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BDF0
RGB	rgb(116, 189, 240)
HSL	hsl(205, 81%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(205, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 21.2%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, -8.91, -32.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 33.52, 254.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.0511 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.104 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.1226, 46.3961, 89.2095)
Luminance	0.4640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BDF0 #F0A774

analogous

#74F0E5 #74BDF0 #747FF0

triadic

#74BDF0 #F074BD #BDF074

tetradic

#74BDF0 #E574F0 #F0A774 #7FF074

square

#74BDF0 #E574F0 #F0A774 #7FF074

split-complementary

#74BDF0 #F0747F #F0E574

monochromatic

#1785D3 #3DA3EA #74BDF0 #ABD7F6 #E2F1FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#74BDF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#74BDF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BDF0

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BDF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BDF0	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BDF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96B0EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BCACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bdf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 189, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.104 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0f5',
    500: '#74bdf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bdf0;
$custom-light: #a3d0f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bdf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.677,
    "s": 80.519,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77018,
    "c": 0.10363,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BDF0

secondary

#F1DDCE

accent

#6009DD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BDF0

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

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