#74AAEC#74AAEC

#74AAEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.112 H 254.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AAEC
RGB	rgb(116, 170, 236)
HSL	hsl(213, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(213, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 28%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, 0.34, -38.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 38.53, 270.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0308 -0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.112 254.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7123, 38.5158, 84.8403)
Luminance	0.3852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AAEC #ECB674

analogous

#74E6EC #74AAEC #7A74EC

triadic

#74AAEC #EC74AA #AAEC74

tetradic

#74AAEC #EC74E6 #ECB674 #74EC7A

square

#74AAEC #EC74E6 #ECB674 #74EC7A

split-complementary

#74AAEC #EC7A74 #E6EC74

monochromatic

#1C6ACA #3E89E5 #74AAEC #AACBF3 #E0ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#74AAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#74AAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AAEC

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AAEC	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90ADEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37B9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aaec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 170, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.112 254.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c3f2',
    500: '#74aaec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aaec;
$custom-light: #a3c3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aaec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72709,
    "c": 0.11235,
    "h": 254.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AAEC

secondary

#EFE0CC

accent

#7D0DD8

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AAEC

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

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