#74BDF9#74BDF9

#74BDF9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.113 H 244.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BDF9
RGB	rgb(116, 189, 249)
HSL	hsl(207, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(207, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 24.1%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, -6.27, -36.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 37.16, 260.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.0482 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.113 244.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.4928, 46.9442, 96.4260)
Luminance	0.4695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BDF9 #F9B074

analogous

#74F9F3 #74BDF9 #747BF9

triadic

#74BDF9 #F974BD #BDF974

tetradic

#74BDF9 #F374F9 #F9B074 #7BF974

square

#74BDF9 #F374F9 #F9B074 #7BF974

split-complementary

#74BDF9 #F9747B #F9F374

monochromatic

#0A84E9 #39A1F6 #74BDF9 #AFD9FC #E2F1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#74BDF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#74BDF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BDF9

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BDF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BDF9	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3BEFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92B0F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BCBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bdf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 189, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.113 244.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d0fb',
    500: '#74bdf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bdf9;
$custom-light: #a4d0fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bdf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.068,
    "s": 91.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77412,
    "c": 0.11327,
    "h": 244.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BDF9

secondary

#F5E3D3

accent

#6800E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BDF9

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

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