#74ACE3#74ACE3

#74ACE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.100 H 248.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ACE3
RGB	rgb(116, 172, 227)
HSL	hsl(210, 66%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(210, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 24.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -3.42, -33.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 33.50, 264.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0359 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.1 248.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8153, 38.7615, 78.2526)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ACE3 #E3AB74

analogous

#74E3E3 #74ACE3 #7474E3

triadic

#74ACE3 #E374AC #ACE374

tetradic

#74ACE3 #E374E3 #E3AB74 #74E374

square

#74ACE3 #E374E3 #E3AB74 #74E374

split-complementary

#74ACE3 #E37474 #E3E374

monochromatic

#256FB8 #418ED9 #74ACE3 #A7CAED #DAE9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#74ACE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#74ACE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ACE3

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ACE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ACE3	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AEE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FB9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74ace3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 172, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.100 248.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c4ec',
    500: '#74ace3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74ace3;
$custom-light: #a2c4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74ace3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.73,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72727,
    "c": 0.09973,
    "h": 248.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ACE3

secondary

#EBD9C8

accent

#7217CE

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ACE3

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

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