#74ABDE#74ABDE

#74ABDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.095 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ABDE
RGB	rgb(116, 171, 222)
HSL	hsl(209, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(209, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 23%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -4.31, -31.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 31.61, 262.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0363 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.095 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9456, 38.1103, 74.6076)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ABDE #DEA774

analogous

#74DEDC #74ABDE #7476DE

triadic

#74ABDE #DE74AB #ABDE74

tetradic

#74ABDE #DC74DE #DEA774 #76DE74

square

#74ABDE #DC74DE #DEA774 #76DE74

split-complementary

#74ABDE #DE7476 #DEDC74

monochromatic

#296EAE #438DD2 #74ABDE #A5C9EA #D7E7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#74ABDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#74ABDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ABDE

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ABDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ABDE	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ACE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74abde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 171, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.095 247.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c3e8',
    500: '#74abde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74abde;
$custom-light: #a1c3e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74abde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.868,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72287,
    "c": 0.09456,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ABDE

secondary

#E8D6C6

accent

#6F1CC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ABDE

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

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