#74AADE#74AADE

#74AADE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.095 H 248.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AADE
RGB	rgb(116, 170, 222)
HSL	hsl(209, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(209, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 23.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, -3.76, -31.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 31.97, 263.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0351 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.095 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7575, 37.7339, 74.5449)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AADE #DEA874

analogous

#74DEDD #74AADE #7475DE

triadic

#74AADE #DE74AA #AADE74

tetradic

#74AADE #DD74DE #DEA874 #75DE74

square

#74AADE #DD74DE #DEA874 #75DE74

split-complementary

#74AADE #DE7475 #DEDD74

monochromatic

#296DAE #438CD2 #74AADE #A5C8EA #D7E6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#74AADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#74AADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AADE

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AADE	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ABE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44B6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 170, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.095 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c3e8',
    500: '#74aade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aade;
$custom-light: #a1c3e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.434,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72068,
    "c": 0.09525,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AADE

secondary

#E8D7C6

accent

#711CC9

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AADE

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

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