#74ACEA#74ACEA

#74ACEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.108 H 251.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ACEA
RGB	rgb(116, 172, 234)
HSL	hsl(212, 74%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(212, 50%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 26.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -1.37, -36.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 36.73, 267.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0337 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.108 251.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8011, 39.1558, 83.4445)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ACEA #EAB274

analogous

#74E7EA #74ACEA #7774EA

triadic

#74ACEA #EA74AC #ACEA74

tetradic

#74ACEA #EA74E7 #EAB274 #74EA77

square

#74ACEA #EA74E7 #EAB274 #74EA77

split-complementary

#74ACEA #EA7774 #E7EA74

monochromatic

#1E6EC6 #3F8CE2 #74ACEA #A9CCF2 #DEEBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#74ACEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#74ACEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ACEA

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ACEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ACEA	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AFED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39BAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74acea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 172, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.108 251.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c4f1',
    500: '#74acea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74acea;
$custom-light: #a2c4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74acea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.525,
    "s": 73.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73046,
    "c": 0.10818,
    "h": 251.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ACEA

secondary

#EFDECB

accent

#7810D6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ACEA

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

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