#74AACE#74AACE

#74AACE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.078 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AACE
RGB	rgb(116, 170, 206)
HSL	hsl(204, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(204, 44%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 17.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -8.28, -23.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 25.27, 250.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.0405 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.078 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7139, 36.9165, 63.7823)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AACE #CE9874

analogous

#74CEC5 #74AACE #747DCE

triadic

#74AACE #CE74AA #AACE74

tetradic

#74AACE #C574CE #CE9874 #7DCE74

square

#74AACE #C574CE #CE9874 #7DCE74

split-complementary

#74AACE #CE747D #CEC574

monochromatic

#346D94 #478EBE #74AACE #A1C6DE #CEE1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#74AACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#74AACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AACE

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AACE	1.00	2.50	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA9D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FB3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 170, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.078 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c3dd',
    500: '#74aace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aace;
$custom-light: #a0c3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 47.872,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71385,
    "c": 0.07754,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AACE

secondary

#DFCCBF

accent

#642ABB

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F7FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AACE

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

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