#74ADE0#74ADE0

#74ADE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.096 H 246.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ADE0
RGB	rgb(116, 173, 224)
HSL	hsl(208, 64%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(208, 48%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 22.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -4.84, -31.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 31.80, 261.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.038 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.096 246.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5959, 38.9794, 76.1546)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ADE0 #E0A774

analogous

#74E0DD #74ADE0 #7477E0

triadic

#74ADE0 #E074AD #ADE074

tetradic

#74ADE0 #DD74E0 #E0A774 #77E074

square

#74ADE0 #DD74E0 #E0A774 #77E074

split-complementary

#74ADE0 #E07477 #E0DD74

monochromatic

#2871B2 #428FD5 #74ADE0 #A6CBEB #D8E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#74ADE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#74ADE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ADE0

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ADE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ADE0	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AEE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA3DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42B9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74ade0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 173, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.096 246.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c5ea',
    500: '#74ade0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74ade0;
$custom-light: #a1c5ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74ade0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.333,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72813,
    "c": 0.09553,
    "h": 246.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ADE0

secondary

#E9D7C7

accent

#6E1ACB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ADE0

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

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