#74ACF9#74ACF9

#74ACF9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.127 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ACF9
RGB	rgb(116, 172, 249)
HSL	hsl(215, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(215, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 30.9%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, 3.13, -43.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 43.98, 274.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0294 -0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.127 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0479, 40.0545, 95.2778)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ACF9 #F9C174

analogous

#74EEF9 #74ACF9 #7F74F9

triadic

#74ACF9 #F974AC #ACF974

tetradic

#74ACF9 #F974EE #F9C174 #74F97F

square

#74ACF9 #F974EE #F9C174 #74F97F

split-complementary

#74ACF9 #F97F74 #EEF974

monochromatic

#0A68E9 #3989F6 #74ACF9 #AFCFFC #E2EDFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#74ACF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#74ACF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ACF9

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ACF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ACF9	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DB1FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7CA4F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25BDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74acf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 172, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.127 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c4fb',
    500: '#74acf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74acf9;
$custom-light: #a4c4fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74acf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.737,
    "s": 91.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73763,
    "c": 0.12696,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ACF9

secondary

#F5E7D3

accent

#8500E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ACF9

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

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