#74BEF6#74BEF6

#74BEF6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.109 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BEF6
RGB	rgb(116, 190, 246)
HSL	hsl(206, 88%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(206, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 22.8%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.31, -7.70, -34.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.31, 35.61, 257.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.0503 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.109 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.2445, 47.1902, 94.0534)
Luminance	0.4719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BEF6 #F6AC74

analogous

#74F6ED #74BEF6 #747DF6

triadic

#74BEF6 #F674BE #BEF674

tetradic

#74BEF6 #ED74F6 #F6AC74 #7DF674

square

#74BEF6 #ED74F6 #F6AC74 #7DF674

split-complementary

#74BEF6 #F6747D #F6ED74

monochromatic

#0F86E1 #3BA3F2 #74BEF6 #ADD9FA #E2F2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#74BEF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#74BEF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BEF6

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BEF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BEF6	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BEF9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94B1F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21CCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bef6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 190, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.109 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d1f9',
    500: '#74bef6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bef6;
$custom-light: #a4d1f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bef6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.846,
    "s": 87.838,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77497,
    "c": 0.10939,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BEF6

secondary

#F4E1D2

accent

#6301E4

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BEF6

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

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