#74AED1#74AED1

#74AED1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.079 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74AED1
RGBrgb(116, 174, 209)
HSLhsl(203, 50%, 64%)
HSVhsv(203, 44%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(44.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LABlab(68.45, -9.62, -23.63)
CIE-LCHlch(68.45, 25.52, 247.85°)
OKLaboklab(72.4% -0.0443 -0.0654)
OKLCHoklch(72.4% 0.079 235.9)
XYZxyz(33.8431, 38.5862, 65.9738)
Luminance0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74AED1 #D19774
analogous
#74D1C5 #74AED1 #747FD1
triadic
#74AED1 #D174AE #AED174
tetradic
#74AED1 #C574D1 #D19774 #7FD174
square
#74AED1 #C574D1 #D19774 #7FD174
split-complementary
#74AED1 #D1747F #D1C574
monochromatic
#327298 #4693C2 #74AED1 #A2C9E0 #D0E4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41
#74AED1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72
#74AED1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AED1
8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74AED1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##74AED11.002.418.728.72
#FFFFFF2.411.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7221.001.001.00
##0000008.7221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9EADD3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#91A3D0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#4CB7B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74aed1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.079 235.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c6df',
    500: '#74aed1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74aed1;
$custom-light: #a0c6df;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74aed1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.581,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.724,
    "c": 0.07905,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74AED1
secondary
#E1CCC0
accent
#6028BE
background
#FAFCFD
surface
#F4F8FB
border
#CED1D4
text
#0F1315
muted
#7F8283

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#74AED1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva