#74ADE2#74ADE2

#74ADE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.098 H 247.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ADE2
RGB	rgb(116, 173, 226)
HSL	hsl(209, 65%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(209, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 23.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -4.26, -32.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 32.69, 262.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0374 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.098 247.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8687, 39.0885, 77.5915)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ADE2 #E2A974

analogous

#74E2E0 #74ADE2 #7476E2

triadic

#74ADE2 #E274AD #ADE274

tetradic

#74ADE2 #E074E2 #E2A974 #76E274

square

#74ADE2 #E074E2 #E2A974 #76E274

split-complementary

#74ADE2 #E27476 #E2E074

monochromatic

#2670B6 #418FD7 #74ADE2 #A7CBED #D9E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#74ADE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#74ADE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ADE2

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ADE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ADE2	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AEE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40B9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74ade2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 173, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.098 247.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c5eb',
    500: '#74ade2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74ade2;
$custom-light: #a2c5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74ade2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.909,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72901,
    "c": 0.09785,
    "h": 247.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ADE2

secondary

#EAD8C7

accent

#6F18CD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ADE2

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

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