#74AAF0#74AAF0

#74AAF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.117 H 255.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AAF0
RGB	rgb(116, 170, 240)
HSL	hsl(214, 81%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(214, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 29.2%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, 1.54, -40.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 40.47, 272.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0297 -0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.117 255.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2999, 38.7509, 87.9353)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AAF0 #F0BA74

analogous

#74E8F0 #74AAF0 #7C74F0

triadic

#74AAF0 #F074AA #AAF074

tetradic

#74AAF0 #F074E8 #F0BA74 #74F07C

square

#74AAF0 #F074E8 #F0BA74 #74F07C

split-complementary

#74AAF0 #F07C74 #E8F074

monochromatic

#1769D3 #3D88EA #74AAF0 #ABCCF6 #E2EEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#74AAF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#74AAF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AAF0

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AAF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AAF0	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EAEF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA2EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33BAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aaf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 170, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.117 255.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c3f5',
    500: '#74aaf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aaf0;
$custom-light: #a3c3f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aaf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.871,
    "s": 80.519,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.729,
    "c": 0.11739,
    "h": 255.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AAF0

secondary

#F1E2CE

accent

#8009DD

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AAF0

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

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