#74A2DD#74A2DD

#74A2DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.100 H 255.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A2DD
RGB	rgb(116, 162, 221)
HSL	hsl(214, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(214, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 26.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, 0.42, -34.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 34.69, 270.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% -0.0259 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.1 255)
XYZ	xyz(33.1695, 34.7719, 73.3564)
Luminance	0.3477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A2DD #DDAF74

analogous

#74D7DD #74A2DD #7A74DD

triadic

#74A2DD #DD74A2 #A2DD74

tetradic

#74A2DD #DD74D7 #DDAF74 #74DD7A

square

#74A2DD #DD74D7 #DDAF74 #74DD7A

split-complementary

#74A2DD #DD7A74 #D7DD74

monochromatic

#2A63AC #4381D1 #74A2DD #A5C3E9 #D6E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#74A2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#74A2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A2DD

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A2DD	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9BDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47AFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 162, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.100 255.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1bde7',
    500: '#74a2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a2dd;
$custom-light: #a1bde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.714,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70285,
    "c": 0.10041,
    "h": 255
  },
  "luminance": 0.34774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A2DD

secondary

#E8D9C5

accent

#7D1DC8

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A2DD

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

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