#74BEFD#74BEFD

#74BEFD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.117 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74BEFD
RGBrgb(116, 190, 253)
HSLhsl(208, 97%, 72%)
HSVhsv(208, 54%, 99%)
CMYKcmyk(54.2%, 24.9%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LABlab(74.59, -5.63, -38.10)
CIE-LCHlch(74.59, 38.51, 261.59°)
OKLaboklab(77.81% -0.0481 -0.1067)
OKLCHoklch(77.81% 0.117 245.7)
XYZxyz(43.3392, 47.6281, 99.8187)
Luminance0.4763 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74BEFD #FDB374
analogous
#74FDF7 #74BEFD #747AFD
triadic
#74BEFD #FD74BE #BEFD74
tetradic
#74BEFD #F774FD #FDB374 #7AFD74
square
#74BEFD #F774FD #FDB374 #7AFD74
split-complementary
#74BEFD #FD747A #FDF774
monochromatic
#0385F3 #38A2FC #74BEFD #B0DAFE #E1F1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99
#74BEFD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53
#74BEFD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BEFD
10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74BEFD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##74BEFD1.001.9910.5310.53
#FFFFFF1.991.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5321.001.001.00
##00000010.5321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A3BFFF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#91B1FC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#0DCDD4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74befd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 190, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.117 245.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d1fe',
    500: '#74befd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74befd;
$custom-light: #a4d1fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74befd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.591,
    "s": 97.163,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77809,
    "c": 0.11706,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74BEFD
secondary
#F7E4D4
accent
#6A00E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F9FF
border
#CED2D7
text
#101418
muted
#7F8286

Preview Lab

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#74BEFD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva