#74BDFF#74BDFF

#74BDFF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.120 H 247.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BDFF
RGB	rgb(116, 189, 255)
HSL	hsl(208, 100%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(208, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 25.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -4.49, -39.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 39.73, 263.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.68% -0.0464 -0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(77.68% 0.12 247.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.4436, 47.3245, 101.4335)
Luminance	0.4733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BDFF #FFB674

analogous

#74FFFB #74BDFF #7477FF

triadic

#74BDFF #FF74BD #BDFF74

tetradic

#74BDFF #FB74FF #FFB674 #77FF74

square

#74BDFF #FB74FF #FFB674 #77FF74

split-complementary

#74BDFF #FF7477 #FFFB74

monochromatic

#0083F9 #37A0FF #74BDFF #B1DAFF #E0F0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#74BDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#74BDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BDFF

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BDFF	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1BFFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FB1FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05CDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bdff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 189, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.120 247.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d0ff',
    500: '#74bdff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bdff;
$custom-light: #a5d0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bdff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.489,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77684,
    "c": 0.12002,
    "h": 247.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BDFF

secondary

#F7E5D4

accent

#6D00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101418

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BDFF

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

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