#74AEC8#74AEC8

#74AEC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.071 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AEC8
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 200)
HSL	hsl(199, 43%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 42%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 13%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, -12.07, -19.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 22.64, 237.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% -0.0476 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.071 228)
XYZ	xyz(32.7602, 38.1530, 60.2704)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AEC8 #C88E74

analogous

#74C8B8 #74AEC8 #7484C8

triadic

#74AEC8 #C874AE #AEC874

tetradic

#74AEC8 #B874C8 #C88E74 #84C874

square

#74AEC8 #B874C8 #C88E74 #84C874

split-complementary

#74AEC8 #C87484 #C8B874

monochromatic

#37718B #4894B7 #74AEC8 #A0C8D9 #CCE1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#74AEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#74AEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AEC8

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AEC8	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ACC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52B6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.071 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c6d8',
    500: '#74aec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aec8;
$custom-light: #a0c6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.571,
    "s": 43.299,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72043,
    "c": 0.07114,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.38155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AEC8

secondary

#DBC6BC

accent

#592FB6

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AEC8

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

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