#74BDF3#74BDF3

#74BDF3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.107 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74BDF3
RGBrgb(116, 189, 243)
HSLhsl(206, 84%, 70%)
HSVhsv(206, 52%, 95%)
CMYKcmyk(52.3%, 22.2%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LABlab(73.92, -8.04, -33.76)
CIE-LCHlch(73.92, 34.70, 256.61°)
OKLaboklab(77.15% -0.0501 -0.0943)
OKLCHoklch(77.15% 0.107 242)
XYZxyz(41.5719, 46.5759, 91.5760)
Luminance0.4658 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74BDF3 #F3AA74
analogous
#74F3EA #74BDF3 #747DF3
triadic
#74BDF3 #F374BD #BDF374
tetradic
#74BDF3 #EA74F3 #F3AA74 #7DF374
square
#74BDF3 #EA74F3 #F3AA74 #7DF374
split-complementary
#74BDF3 #F3747D #F3EA74
monochromatic
#1385DA #3CA2EE #74BDF3 #ACD8F8 #E3F2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04
#74BDF3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32
#74BDF3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BDF3
10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74BDF3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##74BDF31.002.0410.3210.32
#FFFFFF2.041.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3221.001.001.00
##00000010.3221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A5BDF6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#94B0F2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#27CACF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74bdf3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 189, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.107 242.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d0f7',
    500: '#74bdf3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74bdf3;
$custom-light: #a4d0f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74bdf3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.512,
    "s": 84.106,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77148,
    "c": 0.10677,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.46579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74BDF3
secondary
#F3DFD0
accent
#6205E1
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F9FE
border
#CED2D6
text
#101417
muted
#7F8285

Preview Lab

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#74BDF3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva