#74BFE8#74BFE8

#74BFE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.095 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BFE8
RGB	rgb(116, 191, 232)
HSL	hsl(201, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(201, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 17.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, -12.27, -27.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 30.20, 246.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% -0.0561 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.095 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.3934, 46.7976, 83.2325)
Luminance	0.4680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BFE8 #E89D74

analogous

#74E8D7 #74BFE8 #7485E8

triadic

#74BFE8 #E874BF #BFE874

tetradic

#74BFE8 #D774E8 #E89D74 #85E874

square

#74BFE8 #D774E8 #E89D74 #85E874

split-complementary

#74BFE8 #E87485 #E8D774

monochromatic

#2088C2 #3FA7DF #74BFE8 #A9D7F1 #DDEFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#74BFE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#74BFE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BFE8

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BFE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BFE8	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBDEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB1E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35CACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bfe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 191, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.095 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d2ef',
    500: '#74bfe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bfe8;
$custom-light: #a3d2ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bfe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.207,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77123,
    "c": 0.09502,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BFE8

secondary

#EDD7CA

accent

#5612D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BFE8

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

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