#74AAEA#74AAEA

#74AAEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.110 H 253.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74AAEA
RGBrgb(116, 170, 234)
HSLhsl(213, 74%, 69%)
HSVhsv(213, 50%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(50.4%, 27.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LABlab(68.31, -0.25, -37.56)
CIE-LCHlch(68.31, 37.56, 269.62°)
OKLaboklab(72.61% -0.0314 -0.1053)
OKLCHoklch(72.61% 0.11 253.4)
XYZxyz(36.4233, 38.4003, 83.3186)
Luminance0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74AAEA #EAB474
analogous
#74E5EA #74AAEA #7974EA
triadic
#74AAEA #EA74AA #AAEA74
tetradic
#74AAEA #EA74E5 #EAB474 #74EA79
square
#74AAEA #EA74E5 #EAB474 #74EA79
split-complementary
#74AAEA #EA7974 #E5EA74
monochromatic
#1E6BC6 #3F89E2 #74AAEA #A9CBF2 #DEEBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42
#74AAEA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68
#74AAEA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AAEA
8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74AAEA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##74AAEA1.002.428.688.68
#FFFFFF2.421.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6821.001.001.00
##0000008.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#91ADED
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#82A1E9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#39B8C0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74aaea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 170, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.110 253.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c3f1',
    500: '#74aaea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74aaea;
$custom-light: #a2c3f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74aaea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.542,
    "s": 73.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72615,
    "c": 0.10985,
    "h": 253.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74AAEA
secondary
#EFDECB
accent
#7B10D6
background
#FAFBFE
surface
#F4F7FD
border
#CED0D5
text
#101216
muted
#7F8184

Preview Lab

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#74AAEA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva