#74AEC2#74AEC2

#74AEC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.067 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AEC2
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 194)
HSL	hsl(195, 39%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(195, 40%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 10.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, -13.67, -16.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 21.16, 229.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0499 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.067 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0727, 37.8781, 56.6496)
Luminance	0.3788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AEC2 #C28874

analogous

#74C2AF #74AEC2 #7487C2

triadic

#74AEC2 #C274AE #AEC274

tetradic

#74AEC2 #AF74C2 #C28874 #87C274

square

#74AEC2 #AF74C2 #C28874 #87C274

split-complementary

#74AEC2 #C27487 #C2AF74

monochromatic

#397082 #4C94AD #74AEC2 #9FC7D5 #C9E0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#74AEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#74AEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AEC2

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AEC2	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ABC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A2C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55B5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.067 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc6d4',
    500: '#74aec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aec2;
$custom-light: #9fc6d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.385,
    "s": 39,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71815,
    "c": 0.06684,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AEC2

secondary

#D8C2BA

accent

#5434B2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FA

border

#CDD1D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AEC2

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

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