#74ACDC#74ACDC

#74ACDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.092 H 245.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ACDC
RGB	rgb(116, 172, 220)
HSL	hsl(208, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(208, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 21.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -5.44, -29.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 30.40, 259.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0382 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.092 245.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8688, 38.3829, 73.2675)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ACDC #DCA474

analogous

#74DCD8 #74ACDC #7478DC

triadic

#74ACDC #DC74AC #ACDC74

tetradic

#74ACDC #D874DC #DCA474 #78DC74

square

#74ACDC #D874DC #DCA474 #78DC74

split-complementary

#74ACDC #DC7478 #DCD874

monochromatic

#2B70AB #438FD0 #74ACDC #A5C9E8 #D6E6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#74ACDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#74ACDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ACDC

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ACDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ACDC	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ADDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74acdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 172, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.092 245.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c4e7',
    500: '#74acdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74acdc;
$custom-light: #a1c4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74acdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.692,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72419,
    "c": 0.0916,
    "h": 245.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ACDC

secondary

#E7D5C5

accent

#6C1EC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ACDC

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

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