#74AAED#74AAED

#74AAED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.114 H 254.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AAED
RGB	rgb(116, 170, 237)
HSL	hsl(213, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(213, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 28.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, 0.64, -39.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 39.01, 270.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0305 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.114 254.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.8580, 38.5741, 85.6076)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AAED #EDB774

analogous

#74E7ED #74AAED #7B74ED

triadic

#74AAED #ED74AA #AAED74

tetradic

#74AAED #ED74E7 #EDB774 #74ED7B

square

#74AAED #ED74E7 #EDB774 #74ED7B

split-complementary

#74AAED #ED7B74 #E7ED74

monochromatic

#1A6ACC #3E89E6 #74AAED #AACBF4 #E0ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#74AAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#74AAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AAED

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AAED	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FADF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36B9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aaed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 170, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.114 254.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c3f3',
    500: '#74aaed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aaed;
$custom-light: #a3c3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aaed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.223,
    "s": 77.07,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72757,
    "c": 0.1136,
    "h": 254.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AAED

secondary

#F0E0CD

accent

#7E0CD9

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AAED

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

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