#74BEE9#74BEE9

#74BEE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.096 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BEE9
RGB	rgb(116, 190, 233)
HSL	hsl(202, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(202, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 18.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.82, -11.46, -28.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.82, 30.72, 248.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0546 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.096 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3186, 46.4199, 83.9103)
Luminance	0.4642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BEE9 #E99F74

analogous

#74E9D9 #74BEE9 #7483E9

triadic

#74BEE9 #E974BE #BEE974

tetradic

#74BEE9 #D974E9 #E99F74 #83E974

square

#74BEE9 #D974E9 #E99F74 #83E974

split-complementary

#74BEE9 #E97483 #E9D974

monochromatic

#1F87C4 #3FA5E1 #74BEE9 #A9D7F1 #DEEFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#74BEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#74BEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BEE9

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BEE9	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABCEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34C9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 190, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.096 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d1f0',
    500: '#74bee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bee9;
$custom-light: #a3d1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.051,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76943,
    "c": 0.09628,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BEE9

secondary

#EED8CB

accent

#5911D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BEE9

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

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