#74BED8#74BED8

#74BED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.083 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BED8
RGB	rgb(116, 190, 216)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 46%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 12%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.22, -16.19, -20.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.22, 25.89, 231.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% -0.0608 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.083 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0060, 45.4949, 71.7311)
Luminance	0.4550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BED8 #D88E74

analogous

#74D8C0 #74BED8 #748CD8

triadic

#74BED8 #D874BE #BED874

tetradic

#74BED8 #C074D8 #D88E74 #8CD874

square

#74BED8 #C074D8 #D88E74 #8CD874

split-complementary

#74BED8 #D8748C #D8C074

monochromatic

#2E85A4 #44A8CB #74BED8 #A4D4E5 #D4EBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#74BED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#74BED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BED8

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BED8	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBAD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AFD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 190, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.083 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d1e4',
    500: '#74bed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bed8;
$custom-light: #a1d1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.6,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76267,
    "c": 0.08252,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BED8

secondary

#E5CCC3

accent

#4C22C4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BED8

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

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