#74AECB#74AECB

#74AECB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.074 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AECB
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 203)
HSL	hsl(200, 46%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(200, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 14.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -11.27, -20.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 23.53, 241.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0465 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.074 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1142, 38.2947, 62.1350)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AECB #CB9174

analogous

#74CBBD #74AECB #7482CB

triadic

#74AECB #CB74AE #AECB74

tetradic

#74AECB #BD74CB #CB9174 #82CB74

square

#74AECB #BD74CB #CB9174 #82CB74

split-complementary

#74AECB #CB7482 #CBBD74

monochromatic

#36718F #4794BA #74AECB #A1C8DC #CDE2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#74AECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#74AECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AECB

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AECB	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ACCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50B6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.074 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c6da',
    500: '#74aecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aecb;
$custom-light: #a0c6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 45.55,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7216,
    "c": 0.0736,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AECB

secondary

#DDC8BE

accent

#5B2DB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AECB

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

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