#74AEC0#74AEC0

#74AEC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.066 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AEC0
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 192)
HSL	hsl(194, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 9.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -14.20, -15.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 20.76, 226.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0507 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.066 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8496, 37.7888, 55.4746)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AEC0 #C08674

analogous

#74C0AC #74AEC0 #7488C0

triadic

#74AEC0 #C074AE #AEC074

tetradic

#74AEC0 #AC74C0 #C08674 #88C074

square

#74AEC0 #AC74C0 #C08674 #88C074

split-complementary

#74AEC0 #C07488 #C0AC74

monochromatic

#3A6F80 #4D94AA #74AEC0 #9EC7D3 #C8DFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#74AEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#74AEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AEC0

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AEC0	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ABC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56B4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.066 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc6d3',
    500: '#74aec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aec0;
$custom-light: #9fc6d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.211,
    "s": 37.624,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71741,
    "c": 0.0656,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AEC0

secondary

#D6C0B9

accent

#5235B1

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AEC0

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

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