#74BDF6#74BDF6

#74BDF6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.110 H 243.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BDF6
RGB	rgb(116, 189, 246)
HSL	hsl(206, 88%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(206, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 23.2%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, -7.16, -35.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 35.91, 258.50°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.0492 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.11 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0286, 46.7586, 93.9814)
Luminance	0.4676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BDF6 #F6AD74

analogous

#74F6EE #74BDF6 #747CF6

triadic

#74BDF6 #F674BD #BDF674

tetradic

#74BDF6 #EE74F6 #F6AD74 #7CF674

square

#74BDF6 #EE74F6 #F6AD74 #7CF674

split-complementary

#74BDF6 #F6747C #F6EE74

monochromatic

#0F85E1 #3BA2F2 #74BDF6 #ADD8FA #E2F1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#74BDF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#74BDF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BDF6

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BDF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BDF6	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BDF9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93B0F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21CBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bdf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 189, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.110 243.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d0f9',
    500: '#74bdf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bdf6;
$custom-light: #a4d0f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bdf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.308,
    "s": 87.838,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77279,
    "c": 0.10999,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BDF6

secondary

#F4E1D2

accent

#6501E4

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BDF6

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

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