#74ACE8#74ACE8

#74ACE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.106 H 251.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ACE8
RGB	rgb(116, 172, 232)
HSL	hsl(211, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(211, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 25.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -1.96, -35.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 35.80, 266.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0343 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.106 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5154, 39.0415, 81.9398)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ACE8 #E8B074

analogous

#74E6E8 #74ACE8 #7674E8

triadic

#74ACE8 #E874AC #ACE874

tetradic

#74ACE8 #E874E6 #E8B074 #74E876

square

#74ACE8 #E874E6 #E8B074 #74E876

split-complementary

#74ACE8 #E87674 #E6E874

monochromatic

#206EC2 #3F8DDF #74ACE8 #A9CBF1 #DDEBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#74ACE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#74ACE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ACE8

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ACE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ACE8	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AEEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A3E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BBAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74ace8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 172, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.106 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c4ef',
    500: '#74ace8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74ace8;
$custom-light: #a2c4ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74ace8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.034,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72954,
    "c": 0.10574,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ACE8

secondary

#EDDDCA

accent

#7612D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ACE8

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

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