#74ADE9#74ADE9

#74ADE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.106 H 250.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ADE9
RGB	rgb(116, 173, 233)
HSL	hsl(211, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(211, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 25.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -2.22, -35.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 35.87, 266.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.0352 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.106 250.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8489, 39.4806, 82.7537)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ADE9 #E9B074

analogous

#74E8E9 #74ADE9 #7574E9

triadic

#74ADE9 #E974AD #ADE974

tetradic

#74ADE9 #E974E8 #E9B074 #74E975

square

#74ADE9 #E974E8 #E9B074 #74E975

split-complementary

#74ADE9 #E97574 #E8E974

monochromatic

#1F6FC4 #3F8EE1 #74ADE9 #A9CCF1 #DEEBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#74ADE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#74ADE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ADE9

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ADE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ADE9	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A3E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39BBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74ade9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 173, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.106 250.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c5f0',
    500: '#74ade9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74ade9;
$custom-light: #a2c5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74ade9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.769,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73217,
    "c": 0.10616,
    "h": 250.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ADE9

secondary

#EEDDCB

accent

#7511D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ADE9

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

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