#74ADE3#74ADE3

#74ADE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.099 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ADE3
RGB	rgb(116, 173, 227)
HSL	hsl(209, 66%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(209, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 23.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -3.97, -32.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 33.13, 263.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.037 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.099 248)
XYZ	xyz(36.0063, 39.1436, 78.3162)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#74ADE3 #E3AA74

analogous

#74E3E1 #74ADE3 #7476E3

triadic

#74ADE3 #E374AD #ADE374

tetradic

#74ADE3 #E174E3 #E3AA74 #76E374

square

#74ADE3 #E174E3 #E3AA74 #76E374

split-complementary

#74ADE3 #E37476 #E3E174

monochromatic

#2570B8 #418FD9 #74ADE3 #A7CBED #DAE9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#74ADE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#74ADE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ADE3

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ADE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ADE3	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AEE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A3E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FBABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74ade3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 173, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.099 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c5ec',
    500: '#74ade3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74ade3;
$custom-light: #a2c5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74ade3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.189,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72946,
    "c": 0.09901,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.39146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ADE3

secondary

#EBD9C8

accent

#7017CE

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ADE3

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

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