#74BEE8#74BEE8

#74BEE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.095 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BEE8
RGB	rgb(116, 190, 232)
HSL	hsl(202, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(202, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 18.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -11.74, -28.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 30.38, 247.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% -0.055 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.095 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1761, 46.3629, 83.1601)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BEE8 #E89E74

analogous

#74E8D8 #74BEE8 #7484E8

triadic

#74BEE8 #E874BE #BEE874

tetradic

#74BEE8 #D874E8 #E89E74 #84E874

square

#74BEE8 #D874E8 #E89E74 #84E874

split-complementary

#74BEE8 #E87484 #E8D874

monochromatic

#2087C2 #3FA5DF #74BEE8 #A9D7F1 #DDEFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#74BEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#74BEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BEE8

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BEE8	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABCEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB0E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35C9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 190, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.095 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d1ef',
    500: '#74bee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bee8;
$custom-light: #a3d1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.724,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76902,
    "c": 0.09535,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BEE8

secondary

#EDD7CA

accent

#5812D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BEE8

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

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