#74ADE8#74ADE8

#74ADE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.105 H 250.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ADE8
RGB	rgb(116, 173, 232)
HSL	hsl(211, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(211, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 25.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -2.51, -35.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 35.40, 265.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.0355 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.105 250.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7065, 39.4236, 82.0035)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#74ADE8 #E8AF74

analogous

#74E7E8 #74ADE8 #7574E8

triadic

#74ADE8 #E874AD #ADE874

tetradic

#74ADE8 #E874E7 #E8AF74 #74E875

square

#74ADE8 #E874E7 #E8AF74 #74E875

split-complementary

#74ADE8 #E87574 #E7E874

monochromatic

#206FC2 #3F8EDF #74ADE8 #A9CCF1 #DDEBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#74ADE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#74ADE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ADE8

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ADE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ADE8	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AFEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A3E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3ABBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74ade8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 173, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.105 250.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c5ef',
    500: '#74ade8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74ade8;
$custom-light: #a2c5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74ade8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.517,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73171,
    "c": 0.10495,
    "h": 250.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ADE8

secondary

#EDDCCA

accent

#7412D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ADE8

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

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