#74ACE2#74ACE2

#74ACE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.099 H 248.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ACE2
RGB	rgb(116, 172, 226)
HSL	hsl(209, 65%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(209, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 23.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -3.71, -32.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 33.05, 263.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0362 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.099 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6777, 38.7064, 77.5278)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ACE2 #E2AA74

analogous

#74E2E1 #74ACE2 #7475E2

triadic

#74ACE2 #E274AC #ACE274

tetradic

#74ACE2 #E174E2 #E2AA74 #75E274

square

#74ACE2 #E174E2 #E2AA74 #75E274

split-complementary

#74ACE2 #E27475 #E2E174

monochromatic

#266FB6 #418ED7 #74ACE2 #A7CAED #D9E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#74ACE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#74ACE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ACE2

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ACE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ACE2	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ADE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40B9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74ace2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 172, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.099 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c4eb',
    500: '#74ace2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74ace2;
$custom-light: #a2c4eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74ace2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.455,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72683,
    "c": 0.09855,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ACE2

secondary

#EAD9C7

accent

#7118CD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ACE2

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

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