#74ACE5#74ACE5

#74ACE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.102 H 249.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ACE5
RGB	rgb(116, 172, 229)
HSL	hsl(210, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(210, 49%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 24.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -2.83, -34.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 34.41, 265.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0353 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.102 249.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0929, 38.8725, 79.7148)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ACE5 #E5AD74

analogous

#74E5E5 #74ACE5 #7474E5

triadic

#74ACE5 #E574AC #ACE574

tetradic

#74ACE5 #E574E5 #E5AD74 #74E574

square

#74ACE5 #E574E5 #E5AD74 #74E574

split-complementary

#74ACE5 #E57474 #E5E574

monochromatic

#236FBC #408DDB #74ACE5 #A8CBEF #DBEAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#74ACE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#74ACE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ACE5

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ACE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ACE5	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AEE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EB9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74ace5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 172, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.102 249.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c4ed',
    500: '#74ace5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74ace5;
$custom-light: #a2c4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74ace5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.265,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72818,
    "c": 0.10212,
    "h": 249.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ACE5

secondary

#ECDBC9

accent

#7415D0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ACE5

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

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