#74AADD#74AADD

#74AADD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.094 H 247.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AADD
RGB	rgb(116, 170, 221)
HSL	hsl(209, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(209, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 23.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, -4.05, -31.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 31.52, 262.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0354 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.094 247.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6238, 37.6805, 73.8411)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AADD #DDA774

analogous

#74DDDC #74AADD #7475DD

triadic

#74AADD #DD74AA #AADD74

tetradic

#74AADD #DC74DD #DDA774 #75DD74

square

#74AADD #DC74DD #DDA774 #75DD74

split-complementary

#74AADD #DD7475 #DDDC74

monochromatic

#2A6DAC #438CD1 #74AADD #A5C8E9 #D6E6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#74AADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#74AADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AADD

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AADD	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ABDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45B6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 170, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.094 247.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c3e7',
    500: '#74aadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aadd;
$custom-light: #a1c3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.143,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72024,
    "c": 0.09407,
    "h": 247.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AADD

secondary

#E8D6C5

accent

#701DC8

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AADD

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

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