#74AAEE#74AAEE

#74AAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.115 H 254.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AAEE
RGB	rgb(116, 170, 238)
HSL	hsl(213, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(213, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, 0.94, -39.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 39.49, 271.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0303 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.115 254.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0045, 38.6327, 86.3792)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AAEE #EEB874

analogous

#74E7EE #74AAEE #7B74EE

triadic

#74AAEE #EE74AA #AAEE74

tetradic

#74AAEE #EE74E7 #EEB874 #74EE7B

square

#74AAEE #EE74E7 #EEB874 #74EE7B

split-complementary

#74AAEE #EE7B74 #E7EE74

monochromatic

#1969CE #3D89E7 #74AAEE #ABCBF5 #E1EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#74AAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#74AAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AAEE

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AAEE	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FAEF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A2ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35B9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 170, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.115 254.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c3f4',
    500: '#74aaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aaee;
$custom-light: #a3c3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.443,
    "s": 78.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72804,
    "c": 0.11487,
    "h": 254.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AAEE

secondary

#F0E1CD

accent

#7F0BDA

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AAEE

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

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