#74AAE0#74AAE0

#74AAE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.098 H 249.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AAE0
RGB	rgb(116, 170, 224)
HSL	hsl(210, 64%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(210, 48%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 24.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, -3.18, -32.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 32.88, 264.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0345 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.098 249.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0271, 37.8418, 75.9650)
Luminance	0.3784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AAE0 #E0AA74

analogous

#74E0E0 #74AAE0 #7474E0

triadic

#74AAE0 #E074AA #AAE074

tetradic

#74AAE0 #E074E0 #E0AA74 #74E074

square

#74AAE0 #E074E0 #E0AA74 #74E074

split-complementary

#74AAE0 #E07474 #E0E074

monochromatic

#286DB2 #428BD5 #74AAE0 #A6C9EB #D8E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#74AAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#74AAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AAE0

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AAE0	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ACE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A1DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42B6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 170, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.098 249.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c3ea',
    500: '#74aae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aae0;
$custom-light: #a1c3ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72157,
    "c": 0.09763,
    "h": 249.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AAE0

secondary

#E9D8C7

accent

#731ACB

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AAE0

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

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