#74BEE5#74BEE5

#74BEE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.093 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BEE5
RGB	rgb(116, 190, 229)
HSL	hsl(201, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(201, 49%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 17%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, -12.59, -26.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 29.40, 244.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.056 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.093 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7536, 46.1939, 80.9350)
Luminance	0.4620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BEE5 #E59B74

analogous

#74E5D4 #74BEE5 #7485E5

triadic

#74BEE5 #E574BE #BEE574

tetradic

#74BEE5 #D474E5 #E59B74 #85E574

square

#74BEE5 #D474E5 #E59B74 #85E574

split-complementary

#74BEE5 #E57485 #E5D474

monochromatic

#2387BC #40A6DB #74BEE5 #A8D6EF #DBEEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#74BEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#74BEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BEE5

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BEE5	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBCE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB0E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 190, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.093 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d1ed',
    500: '#74bee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bee5;
$custom-light: #a2d1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.708,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76779,
    "c": 0.09263,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BEE5

secondary

#ECD5C9

accent

#5615D0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BEE5

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

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