#74ADD9#74ADD9

#74ADD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.088 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ADD9
RGB	rgb(116, 173, 217)
HSL	hsl(206, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(206, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 20.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -6.84, -28.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 28.83, 256.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0403 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.088 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6661, 38.6074, 71.2574)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ADD9 #D9A074

analogous

#74D9D3 #74ADD9 #747AD9

triadic

#74ADD9 #D974AD #ADD974

tetradic

#74ADD9 #D374D9 #D9A074 #7AD974

square

#74ADD9 #D374D9 #D9A074 #7AD974

split-complementary

#74ADD9 #D9747A #D9D374

monochromatic

#2D71A5 #4491CC #74ADD9 #A4C9E6 #D4E6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#74ADD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#74ADD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ADD9

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ADD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ADD9	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AADDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74add9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 173, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.088 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c5e5',
    500: '#74add9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74add9;
$custom-light: #a1c5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74add9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.139,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7251,
    "c": 0.08769,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ADD9

secondary

#E5D2C3

accent

#6821C5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ADD9

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

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