#74BDF4#74BDF4

#74BDF4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.108 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BDF4
RGB	rgb(116, 189, 244)
HSL	hsl(206, 85%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(206, 52%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 22.5%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.96, -7.74, -34.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.96, 35.10, 257.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% -0.0498 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.108 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.7233, 46.6364, 92.3734)
Luminance	0.4664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BDF4 #F4AB74

analogous

#74F4EB #74BDF4 #747DF4

triadic

#74BDF4 #F474BD #BDF474

tetradic

#74BDF4 #EB74F4 #F4AB74 #7DF474

square

#74BDF4 #EB74F4 #F4AB74 #7DF474

split-complementary

#74BDF4 #F4747D #F4EB74

monochromatic

#1185DC #3BA2F0 #74BDF4 #ADD8F8 #E3F2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#74BDF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#74BDF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BDF4

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BDF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BDF4	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BDF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94B0F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25CAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bdf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 189, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.108 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d0f8',
    500: '#74bdf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bdf4;
$custom-light: #a4d0f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bdf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.781,
    "s": 85.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77191,
    "c": 0.10783,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BDF4

secondary

#F3DFD1

accent

#6304E2

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BDF4

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

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