#74AECC#74AECC

#74AECC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.074 H 231.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AECC
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 204)
HSL	hsl(200, 46%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(200, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 14.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -10.99, -21.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 23.84, 242.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.0462 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.074 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2338, 38.3425, 62.7646)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AECC #CC9274

analogous

#74CCBE #74AECC #7482CC

triadic

#74AECC #CC74AE #AECC74

tetradic

#74AECC #BE74CC #CC9274 #82CC74

square

#74AECC #BE74CC #CC9274 #82CC74

split-complementary

#74AECC #CC7482 #CCBE74

monochromatic

#357191 #4794BC #74AECC #A1C8DC #CEE2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#74AECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#74AECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AECC

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AECC	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FB6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.074 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c6db',
    500: '#74aecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aecc;
$custom-light: #a0c6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.455,
    "s": 46.316,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.722,
    "c": 0.07446,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AECC

secondary

#DEC9BE

accent

#5C2CBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AECC

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

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