#74AECE#74AECE

#74AECE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.076 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AECE
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 206)
HSL	hsl(201, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 44%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 15.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -10.45, -22.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 24.49, 244.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.0454 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.076 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4752, 38.4390, 64.0361)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AECE #CE9474

analogous

#74CEC1 #74AECE #7481CE

triadic

#74AECE #CE74AE #AECE74

tetradic

#74AECE #C174CE #CE9474 #81CE74

square

#74AECE #C174CE #CE9474 #81CE74

split-complementary

#74AECE #CE7481 #CEC174

monochromatic

#347294 #4794BE #74AECE #A1C8DE #CEE3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#74AECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#74AECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AECE

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AECE	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EB7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.076 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c6dd',
    500: '#74aece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aece;
$custom-light: #a0c6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.333,
    "s": 47.872,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72279,
    "c": 0.07625,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AECE

secondary

#DFCABF

accent

#5E2ABB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AECE

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

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