#74ABEC#74ABEC

#74ABEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.111 H 253.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ABEC
RGB	rgb(116, 171, 236)
HSL	hsl(213, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(213, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 27.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -0.22, -38.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 38.10, 269.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.032 -0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.111 253.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9005, 38.8922, 84.9031)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ABEC #ECB574

analogous

#74E7EC #74ABEC #7974EC

triadic

#74ABEC #EC74AB #ABEC74

tetradic

#74ABEC #EC74E7 #ECB574 #74EC79

square

#74ABEC #EC74E7 #ECB574 #74EC79

split-complementary

#74ABEC #EC7974 #E7EC74

monochromatic

#1C6CCA #3E8AE5 #74ABEC #AACCF3 #E0ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#74ABEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#74ABEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ABEC

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ABEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ABEC	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91AEEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37BAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74abec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 171, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.111 253.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c3f2',
    500: '#74abec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74abec;
$custom-light: #a3c3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74abec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.5,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72924,
    "c": 0.11149,
    "h": 253.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ABEC

secondary

#EFDFCC

accent

#7B0DD8

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ABEC

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

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