#74ACEF#74ACEF

#74ACEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.114 H 253.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ACEF
RGB	rgb(116, 172, 239)
HSL	hsl(213, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(213, 51%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 28%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, 0.12, -39.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 39.11, 270.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.0322 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.114 253.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5296, 39.4472, 87.2810)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ACEF #EFB774

analogous

#74EAEF #74ACEF #7A74EF

triadic

#74ACEF #EF74AC #ACEF74

tetradic

#74ACEF #EF74EA #EFB774 #74EF7A

square

#74ACEF #EF74EA #EFB774 #74EF7A

split-complementary

#74ACEF #EF7A74 #EAEF74

monochromatic

#186CD1 #3D8BE9 #74ACEF #ABCDF5 #E2EEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#74ACEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#74ACEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ACEF

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ACEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ACEF	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91AFF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A3EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33BBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74acef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 172, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.114 253.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74acef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.683,
    "s": 79.355,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7328,
    "c": 0.11435,
    "h": 253.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ACEF

secondary

#F1E1CE

accent

#7C0ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ACEF

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

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