#74ACDD#74ACDD

#74ACDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.093 H 245.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ACDD
RGB	rgb(116, 172, 221)
HSL	hsl(208, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(208, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 22.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -5.15, -30.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 30.83, 260.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0378 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.093 245.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0016, 38.4360, 73.9671)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ACDD #DDA574

analogous

#74DDD9 #74ACDD #7477DD

triadic

#74ACDD #DD74AC #ACDD74

tetradic

#74ACDD #D974DD #DDA574 #77DD74

square

#74ACDD #D974DD #DDA574 #77DD74

split-complementary

#74ACDD #DD7477 #DDD974

monochromatic

#2A70AC #438FD1 #74ACDD #A5C9E9 #D6E7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#74ACDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#74ACDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ACDD

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ACDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ACDD	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ADDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74acdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 172, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.093 245.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74acdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72462,
    "c": 0.09274,
    "h": 245.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ACDD

secondary

#E8D5C5

accent

#6D1DC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ACDD

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

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