#74ACE1#74ACE1

#74ACE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.097 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ACE1
RGB	rgb(116, 172, 225)
HSL	hsl(209, 64%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(209, 48%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 23.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -4.00, -32.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 32.60, 262.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0365 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.097 248)
XYZ	xyz(35.5409, 38.6517, 76.8072)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ACE1 #E1A974

analogous

#74E1DF #74ACE1 #7476E1

triadic

#74ACE1 #E174AC #ACE174

tetradic

#74ACE1 #DF74E1 #E1A974 #76E174

square

#74ACE1 #DF74E1 #E1A974 #76E174

split-complementary

#74ACE1 #E17476 #E1DF74

monochromatic

#276FB4 #428ED6 #74ACE1 #A6CAEC #D9E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#74ACE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#74ACE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ACE1

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ACE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ACE1	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ADE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41B8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74ace1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 172, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.097 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c4ea',
    500: '#74ace1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74ace1;
$custom-light: #a2c4ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74ace1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.174,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72638,
    "c": 0.09737,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.38654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ACE1

secondary

#EAD8C7

accent

#7019CC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ACE1

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

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