#74BFF8#74BFF8

#74BFF8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.111 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BFF8
RGB	rgb(116, 191, 248)
HSL	hsl(206, 90%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(206, 53%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 23%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, -7.65, -35.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 36.11, 257.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.0508 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.111 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.7704, 47.7484, 95.7512)
Luminance	0.4775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BFF8 #F8AD74

analogous

#74F8EF #74BFF8 #747DF8

triadic

#74BFF8 #F874BF #BFF874

tetradic

#74BFF8 #EF74F8 #F8AD74 #7DF874

square

#74BFF8 #EF74F8 #F8AD74 #7DF874

split-complementary

#74BFF8 #F8747D #F8EF74

monochromatic

#0C88E6 #3AA4F5 #74BFF8 #AEDAFB #E2F2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#74BFF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#74BFF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BFF8

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BFF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BFF8	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BFFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95B2F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CCDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bff8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 191, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.111 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d2fa',
    500: '#74bff8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bff8;
$custom-light: #a4d2fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bff8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.909,
    "s": 90.411,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77803,
    "c": 0.11095,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BFF8

secondary

#F5E2D3

accent

#6300E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BFF8

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

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