#74AED4#74AED4

#74AED4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.082 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AED4
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 212)
HSL	hsl(204, 53%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(204, 45%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 17.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -8.79, -25.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 26.61, 250.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0433 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.082 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2180, 38.7362, 67.9483)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AED4 #D49A74

analogous

#74D4CA #74AED4 #747ED4

triadic

#74AED4 #D474AE #AED474

tetradic

#74AED4 #CA74D4 #D49A74 #7ED474

square

#74AED4 #CA74D4 #D49A74 #7ED474

split-complementary

#74AED4 #D4747E #D4CA74

monochromatic

#31729D #4593C6 #74AED4 #A3C9E2 #D1E4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#74AED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#74AED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AED4

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AED4	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DADD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A3D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AB8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.082 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c6e1',
    500: '#74aed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aed4;
$custom-light: #a0c6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.75,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72522,
    "c": 0.08199,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AED4

secondary

#E3CEC1

accent

#6325C0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AED4

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

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