#74ACEC#74ACEC

#74ACEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.111 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ACEC
RGB	rgb(116, 172, 236)
HSL	hsl(212, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(212, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 27.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -0.77, -37.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 37.68, 268.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0331 -0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.111 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0901, 39.2714, 84.9663)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ACEC #ECB474

analogous

#74E8EC #74ACEC #7874EC

triadic

#74ACEC #EC74AC #ACEC74

tetradic

#74ACEC #EC74E8 #ECB474 #74EC78

square

#74ACEC #EC74E8 #ECB474 #74EC78

split-complementary

#74ACEC #EC7874 #E8EC74

monochromatic

#1C6DCA #3E8CE5 #74ACEC #AACCF3 #E0ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#74ACEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#74ACEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ACEC

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ACEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ACEC	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37BBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74acec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 172, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.111 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c4f2',
    500: '#74acec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74acec;
$custom-light: #a3c4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74acec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73139,
    "c": 0.11063,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ACEC

secondary

#EFDFCC

accent

#7A0DD8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ACEC

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

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