#74ACE4#74ACE4

#74ACE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.101 H 249.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ACE4
RGB	rgb(116, 172, 228)
HSL	hsl(210, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(210, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 24.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -3.13, -33.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 33.95, 264.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0356 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.101 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9537, 38.8168, 78.9815)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ACE4 #E4AC74

analogous

#74E4E4 #74ACE4 #7474E4

triadic

#74ACE4 #E474AC #ACE474

tetradic

#74ACE4 #E474E4 #E4AC74 #74E474

square

#74ACE4 #E474E4 #E4AC74 #74E474

split-complementary

#74ACE4 #E47474 #E4E474

monochromatic

#246FBA #418DDA #74ACE4 #A7CBEE #DAE9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#74ACE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#74ACE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ACE4

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ACE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ACE4	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AEE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EB9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74ace4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 172, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.101 249.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c4ec',
    500: '#74ace4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74ace4;
$custom-light: #a2c4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74ace4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72772,
    "c": 0.10093,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ACE4

secondary

#EBDAC8

accent

#7316CF

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ACE4

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

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