#74BDFE#74BDFE

#74BDFE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.119 H 246.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74BDFE
RGBrgb(116, 189, 254)
HSLhsl(208, 99%, 73%)
HSVhsv(208, 54%, 100%)
CMYKcmyk(54.3%, 25.6%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LABlab(74.36, -4.79, -39.00)
CIE-LCHlch(74.36, 39.29, 263.00°)
OKLaboklab(77.64% -0.0467 -0.1093)
OKLCHoklch(77.64% 0.119 246.9)
XYZxyz(43.2830, 47.2603, 100.5880)
Luminance0.4726 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74BDFE #FEB574
analogous
#74FEFA #74BDFE #7478FE
triadic
#74BDFE #FE74BD #BDFE74
tetradic
#74BDFE #FA74FE #FEB574 #78FE74
square
#74BDFE #FA74FE #FEB574 #78FE74
split-complementary
#74BDFE #FE7478 #FEFA74
monochromatic
#0283F6 #37A0FE #74BDFE #B1DAFE #E1F1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01
#74BDFE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45
#74BDFE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BDFE
10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74BDFE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##74BDFE1.002.0110.4510.45
#FFFFFF2.011.0021.0021.00
#00000010.4521.001.001.00
##00000010.4521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A2BFFF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8FB1FD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#0ACCD3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74bdfe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 189, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.119 246.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d0ff',
    500: '#74bdfe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74bdfe;
$custom-light: #a5d0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74bdfe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.261,
    "s": 98.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77638,
    "c": 0.11888,
    "h": 246.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74BDFE
secondary
#F7E4D4
accent
#6C00E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F9FF
border
#CED2D7
text
#101418
muted
#7F8286

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