#74ACD2#74ACD2

#74ACD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.081 H 239.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ACD2
RGB	rgb(116, 172, 210)
HSL	hsl(204, 51%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(204, 45%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 18.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -8.26, -24.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 26.32, 251.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.0416 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.081 239)
XYZ	xyz(33.5838, 37.8689, 66.5000)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ACD2 #D29A74

analogous

#74D2C9 #74ACD2 #747DD2

triadic

#74ACD2 #D274AC #ACD274

tetradic

#74ACD2 #C974D2 #D29A74 #7DD274

square

#74ACD2 #C974D2 #D29A74 #7DD274

split-complementary

#74ACD2 #D2747D #D2C974

monochromatic

#32709A #4690C3 #74ACD2 #A2C8E1 #D0E3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#74ACD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#74ACD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ACD2

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ACD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ACD2	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BABD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA1D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CB6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74acd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 172, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.081 239.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c4e0',
    500: '#74acd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74acd2;
$custom-light: #a0c4e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74acd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.255,
    "s": 51.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71995,
    "c": 0.08079,
    "h": 239
  },
  "luminance": 0.37871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ACD2

secondary

#E1CEC0

accent

#6427BE

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ACD2

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

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