#74AED0#74AED0

#74AED0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.078 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AED0
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 208)
HSL	hsl(202, 49%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 44%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 16.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -9.90, -23.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 25.17, 246.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0447 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.078 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7197, 38.5368, 65.3238)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AED0 #D09674

analogous

#74D0C4 #74AED0 #7480D0

triadic

#74AED0 #D074AE #AED074

tetradic

#74AED0 #C474D0 #D09674 #80D074

square

#74AED0 #C474D0 #D09674 #80D074

split-complementary

#74AED0 #D07480 #D0C474

monochromatic

#337297 #4693C1 #74AED0 #A2C9DF #CFE3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#74AED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#74AED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AED0

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AED0	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EADD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DB7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aed0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.078 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c6de',
    500: '#74aed0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aed0;
$custom-light: #a0c6de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aed0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.174,
    "s": 49.462,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72359,
    "c": 0.0781,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AED0

secondary

#E0CCC0

accent

#5F29BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AED0

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

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