#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
RGBrgb(116, 172, 229)
HSLhsl(210, 68%, 68%)
HSVhsv(210, 49%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(49.3%, 24.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(68.66, -2.83, -34.29)
CIE-LCHlch(68.66, 34.41, 265.28°)
OKLaboklab(72.82% -0.0353 -0.0958)
OKLCHoklch(72.82% 0.102 249.8)
XYZxyz(36.0929, 38.8725, 79.7148)
Luminance0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##74ACE51.002.398.778.77
#FFFFFF2.391.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7721.001.001.00
##0000008.7721.001.001.00

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

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#74ACE5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva