#74ACD9#74ACD9

#74ACD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.088 H 243.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ACD9
RGB	rgb(116, 172, 217)
HSL	hsl(207, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(207, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 20.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -6.29, -28.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 29.13, 257.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0391 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.088 243.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4750, 38.2254, 71.1938)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ACD9 #D9A174

analogous

#74D9D4 #74ACD9 #7479D9

triadic

#74ACD9 #D974AC #ACD974

tetradic

#74ACD9 #D474D9 #D9A174 #79D974

square

#74ACD9 #D474D9 #D9A174 #79D974

split-complementary

#74ACD9 #D97479 #D9D474

monochromatic

#2D70A5 #448FCC #74ACD9 #A4C9E6 #D4E5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#74ACD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#74ACD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ACD9

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ACD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ACD9	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ACDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74acd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 172, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.088 243.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c4e5',
    500: '#74acd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74acd9;
$custom-light: #a1c4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74acd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.733,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72289,
    "c": 0.08825,
    "h": 243.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ACD9

secondary

#E5D3C3

accent

#6A21C5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ACD9

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

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