#74AEC7#74AEC7

#74AEC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.070 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AEC7
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 199)
HSL	hsl(198, 43%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 42%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 12.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -12.34, -18.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 22.37, 236.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.048 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.07 227)
XYZ	xyz(32.6437, 38.1065, 59.6569)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AEC7 #C78D74

analogous

#74C7B7 #74AEC7 #7485C7

triadic

#74AEC7 #C774AE #AEC774

tetradic

#74AEC7 #B774C7 #C78D74 #85C774

square

#74AEC7 #B774C7 #C78D74 #85C774

split-complementary

#74AEC7 #C77485 #C7B774

monochromatic

#377189 #4994B5 #74AEC7 #A0C7D9 #CBE1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#74AEC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#74AEC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AEC7

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AEC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AEC7	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ABC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.070 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c6d8',
    500: '#74aec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aec7;
$custom-light: #a0c6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.072,
    "s": 42.564,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72005,
    "c": 0.07036,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.38109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AEC7

secondary

#DBC5BC

accent

#5830B6

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FA

border

#CDD1D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AEC7

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

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