#74ABED#74ABED

#74ABED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.113 H 253.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ABED
RGB	rgb(116, 171, 237)
HSL	hsl(213, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(213, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 27.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, 0.08, -38.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 38.58, 270.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0317 -0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.113 253.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0461, 38.9505, 85.6703)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ABED #EDB674

analogous

#74E8ED #74ABED #7A74ED

triadic

#74ABED #ED74AB #ABED74

tetradic

#74ABED #ED74E8 #EDB674 #74ED7A

square

#74ABED #ED74E8 #EDB674 #74ED7A

split-complementary

#74ABED #ED7A74 #E8ED74

monochromatic

#1A6BCC #3E8AE6 #74ABED #AACCF4 #E0ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#74ABED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#74ABED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ABED

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ABED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ABED	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91AEF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36BAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74abed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 171, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.113 253.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c3f3',
    500: '#74abed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74abed;
$custom-light: #a3c3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74abed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.727,
    "s": 77.07,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72971,
    "c": 0.11273,
    "h": 253.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ABED

secondary

#F0E0CD

accent

#7C0CD9

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ABED

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

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