#74ACEE#74ACEE

#74ACEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.113 H 253.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ACEE
RGB	rgb(116, 172, 238)
HSL	hsl(212, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(212, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 27.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -0.18, -38.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 38.63, 269.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0325 -0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.113 253.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3823, 39.3883, 86.5051)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ACEE #EEB674

analogous

#74E9EE #74ACEE #7974EE

triadic

#74ACEE #EE74AC #ACEE74

tetradic

#74ACEE #EE74E9 #EEB674 #74EE79

square

#74ACEE #EE74E9 #EEB674 #74EE79

split-complementary

#74ACEE #EE7974 #E9EE74

monochromatic

#196CCE #3D8BE7 #74ACEE #ABCDF5 #E1EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#74ACEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#74ACEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ACEE

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ACEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ACEE	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AFF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34BBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74acee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 172, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.113 253.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c4f4',
    500: '#74acee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74acee;
$custom-light: #a3c4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74acee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.459,
    "s": 78.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73233,
    "c": 0.11311,
    "h": 253.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ACEE

secondary

#F0E0CD

accent

#7B0BDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ACEE

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

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