#74AAEF#74AAEF

#74AAEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.116 H 255.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AAEF
RGB	rgb(116, 170, 239)
HSL	hsl(214, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(214, 51%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 28.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, 1.24, -39.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 39.98, 271.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.03 -0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.116 255)
XYZ	xyz(37.1518, 38.6916, 87.1551)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AAEF #EFB974

analogous

#74E7EF #74AAEF #7C74EF

triadic

#74AAEF #EF74AA #AAEF74

tetradic

#74AAEF #EF74E7 #EFB974 #74EF7C

square

#74AAEF #EF74E7 #EFB974 #74EF7C

split-complementary

#74AAEF #EF7C74 #E7EF74

monochromatic

#1869D1 #3D88E9 #74AAEF #ABCCF5 #E2EDFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#74AAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#74AAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AAEF

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AAEF	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FAEF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA2EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34B9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aaef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 170, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.116 255.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aaef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.659,
    "s": 79.355,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72852,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 255
  },
  "luminance": 0.38694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AAEF

secondary

#F1E2CE

accent

#800ADC

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AAEF

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

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