#74ADE5#74ADE5

#74ADE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.101 H 248.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ADE5
RGB	rgb(116, 173, 229)
HSL	hsl(210, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(210, 49%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 24.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -3.39, -33.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 34.03, 264.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0364 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.101 248.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.2840, 39.2546, 79.7784)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ADE5 #E5AC74

analogous

#74E5E5 #74ADE5 #7474E5

triadic

#74ADE5 #E574AD #ADE574

tetradic

#74ADE5 #E574E5 #E5AC74 #74E574

square

#74ADE5 #E574E5 #E5AC74 #74E574

split-complementary

#74ADE5 #E57474 #E5E574

monochromatic

#2370BC #408FDB #74ADE5 #A8CBEF #DBEAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#74ADE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#74ADE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ADE5

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ADE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ADE5	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AFE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DBAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74ade5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 173, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.101 248.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c5ed',
    500: '#74ade5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74ade5;
$custom-light: #a2c5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74ade5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.735,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73035,
    "c": 0.10137,
    "h": 248.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ADE5

secondary

#ECDAC9

accent

#7215D0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ADE5

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

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