#74AED3#74AED3

#74AED3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.081 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AED3
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 211)
HSL	hsl(203, 52%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(203, 45%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 17.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -9.07, -24.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 26.24, 249.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.0436 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.081 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0923, 38.6859, 67.2860)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AED3 #D39974

analogous

#74D3C9 #74AED3 #747FD3

triadic

#74AED3 #D374AE #AED374

tetradic

#74AED3 #C974D3 #D39974 #7FD374

square

#74AED3 #C974D3 #D39974 #7FD374

split-complementary

#74AED3 #D3747F #D3C974

monochromatic

#31729B #4693C4 #74AED3 #A2C9E2 #D1E4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#74AED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#74AED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AED3

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AED3	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DADD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A3D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BB8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.081 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c6e0',
    500: '#74aed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aed3;
$custom-light: #a0c6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.368,
    "s": 51.913,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72481,
    "c": 0.081,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AED3

secondary

#E2CEC1

accent

#6226BF

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AED3

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

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