#74ABEF#74ABEF

#74ABEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.115 H 254.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ABEF
RGB	rgb(116, 171, 239)
HSL	hsl(213, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(213, 51%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 28.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, 0.68, -39.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 39.54, 270.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0311 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.115 254.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3400, 39.0680, 87.2178)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ABEF #EFB874

analogous

#74E8EF #74ABEF #7B74EF

triadic

#74ABEF #EF74AB #ABEF74

tetradic

#74ABEF #EF74E8 #EFB874 #74EF7B

square

#74ABEF #EF74E8 #EFB874 #74EF7B

split-complementary

#74ABEF #EF7B74 #E8EF74

monochromatic

#186BD1 #3D8AE9 #74ABEF #ABCCF5 #E2EDFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#74ABEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#74ABEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ABEF

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ABEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ABEF	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AEF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A2EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33BAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74abef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 171, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.115 254.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74abef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.171,
    "s": 79.355,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73066,
    "c": 0.11523,
    "h": 254.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ABEF

secondary

#F1E1CE

accent

#7E0ADC

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ABEF

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

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