#74BDFB#74BDFB

#74BDFB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.116 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BDFB
RGB	rgb(116, 189, 251)
HSL	hsl(208, 94%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(208, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 24.7%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.23, -5.68, -37.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.23, 38.00, 261.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.0476 -0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.116 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.8064, 47.0697, 98.0776)
Luminance	0.4707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BDFB #FBB274

analogous

#74FBF6 #74BDFB #7479FB

triadic

#74BDFB #FB74BD #BDFB74

tetradic

#74BDFB #F674FB #FBB274 #79FB74

square

#74BDFB #F674FB #FBB274 #79FB74

split-complementary

#74BDFB #FB7479 #FBF674

monochromatic

#0784EE #39A1F9 #74BDFB #AFD9FD #E1F1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#74BDFB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#74BDFB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BDFB

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BDFB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BDFB	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3BEFE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91B0FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15CCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bdfb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 189, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.116 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d0fd',
    500: '#74bdfb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bdfb;
$custom-light: #a4d0fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bdfb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.556,
    "s": 94.406,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77502,
    "c": 0.1155,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BDFB

secondary

#F6E4D4

accent

#6900E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BDFB

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

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