#74BEF8#74BEF8

#74BEF8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.112 H 243.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BEF8
RGB	rgb(116, 190, 248)
HSL	hsl(206, 90%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(206, 53%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 23.4%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -7.11, -35.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 36.42, 258.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.0496 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.112 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.5531, 47.3137, 95.6788)
Luminance	0.4732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BEF8 #F8AE74

analogous

#74F8F0 #74BEF8 #747CF8

triadic

#74BEF8 #F874BE #BEF874

tetradic

#74BEF8 #F074F8 #F8AE74 #7CF874

square

#74BEF8 #F074F8 #F8AE74 #7CF874

split-complementary

#74BEF8 #F8747C #F8F074

monochromatic

#0C86E6 #3AA3F5 #74BEF8 #AED9FB #E2F1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#74BEF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#74BEF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BEF8

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BEF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BEF8	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BFFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93B1F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CCCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 190, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.112 243.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d1fa',
    500: '#74bef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bef8;
$custom-light: #a4d1fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.364,
    "s": 90.411,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77585,
    "c": 0.11155,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BEF8

secondary

#F5E2D3

accent

#6500E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BEF8

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

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