#74AEC9#74AEC9

#74AEC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.072 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AEC9
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 201)
HSL	hsl(199, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 42%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 13.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -11.81, -19.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 22.93, 239.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0473 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.072 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8774, 38.1999, 60.8879)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AEC9 #C98F74

analogous

#74C9BA #74AEC9 #7484C9

triadic

#74AEC9 #C974AE #AEC974

tetradic

#74AEC9 #BA74C9 #C98F74 #84C974

square

#74AEC9 #BA74C9 #C98F74 #84C974

split-complementary

#74AEC9 #C97484 #C9BA74

monochromatic

#36718C #4894B8 #74AEC9 #A0C8DA #CCE1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#74AEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#74AEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AEC9

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AEC9	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ACCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51B6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.072 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c6d9',
    500: '#74aec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aec9;
$custom-light: #a0c6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.059,
    "s": 44.041,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72082,
    "c": 0.07194,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AEC9

secondary

#DCC7BD

accent

#5A2EB7

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AEC9

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

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