#74AED5#74AED5

#74AED5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.083 H 238.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AED5
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 213)
HSL	hsl(204, 54%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 46%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 18.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -8.51, -25.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 26.99, 251.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.0429 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.083 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3446, 38.7868, 68.6147)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AED5 #D59B74

analogous

#74D5CC #74AED5 #747ED5

triadic

#74AED5 #D574AE #AED574

tetradic

#74AED5 #CC74D5 #D59B74 #7ED574

square

#74AED5 #CC74D5 #D59B74 #7ED574

split-complementary

#74AED5 #D5747E #D5CC74

monochromatic

#30729F #4593C7 #74AED5 #A3C9E3 #D2E5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#74AED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#74AED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AED5

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AED5	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DADD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA3D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AB8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.083 238.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c6e2',
    500: '#74aed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aed5;
$custom-light: #a1c6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.124,
    "s": 53.591,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72564,
    "c": 0.083,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AED5

secondary

#E3CFC2

accent

#6324C1

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AED5

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

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