#74BDF2#74BDF2

#74BDF2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.106 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BDF2
RGB	rgb(116, 189, 242)
HSL	hsl(205, 83%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(205, 52%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 21.9%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -8.33, -33.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 34.30, 255.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.0505 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.106 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4213, 46.5156, 90.7828)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BDF2 #F2A974

analogous

#74F2E8 #74BDF2 #747EF2

triadic

#74BDF2 #F274BD #BDF274

tetradic

#74BDF2 #E874F2 #F2A974 #7EF274

square

#74BDF2 #E874F2 #F2A974 #7EF274

split-complementary

#74BDF2 #F2747E #F2E874

monochromatic

#1485D7 #3CA2ED #74BDF2 #ACD8F7 #E3F2FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#74BDF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#74BDF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BDF2

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BDF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BDF2	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BDF5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95B0F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28CACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bdf2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 189, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.106 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0f6',
    500: '#74bdf2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bdf2;
$custom-light: #a3d0f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bdf2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.238,
    "s": 82.895,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77104,
    "c": 0.10571,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BDF2

secondary

#F2DECF

accent

#6206DF

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FE

border

#CED2D6

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BDF2

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

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