#74ACE7#74ACE7

#74ACE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.105 H 250.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ACE7
RGB	rgb(116, 172, 231)
HSL	hsl(211, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(211, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 25.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -2.25, -35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 35.33, 266.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0346 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.105 250.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3738, 38.9849, 81.1939)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ACE7 #E7AF74

analogous

#74E5E7 #74ACE7 #7574E7

triadic

#74ACE7 #E774AC #ACE774

tetradic

#74ACE7 #E774E5 #E7AF74 #74E775

square

#74ACE7 #E774E5 #E7AF74 #74E775

split-complementary

#74ACE7 #E77574 #E5E774

monochromatic

#216EC0 #408DDE #74ACE7 #A8CBF0 #DCEAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#74ACE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#74ACE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ACE7

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ACE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ACE7	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AEEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A3E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CBAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74ace7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 172, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.105 250.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c4ef',
    500: '#74ace7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74ace7;
$custom-light: #a2c4ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74ace7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.783,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72909,
    "c": 0.10453,
    "h": 250.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ACE7

secondary

#EDDCCA

accent

#7513D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ACE7

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

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