#74AED6#74AED6

#74AED6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.084 H 239.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AED6
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 214)
HSL	hsl(204, 54%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 46%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 18.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -8.23, -26.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 27.37, 252.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0426 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.084 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.4719, 38.8377, 69.2852)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AED6 #D69C74

analogous

#74D6CD #74AED6 #747DD6

triadic

#74AED6 #D674AE #AED674

tetradic

#74AED6 #CD74D6 #D69C74 #7DD674

square

#74AED6 #CD74D6 #D69C74 #7DD674

split-complementary

#74AED6 #D6747D #D6CD74

monochromatic

#2F72A0 #4592C8 #74AED6 #A3CAE4 #D3E5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#74AED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#74AED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AED6

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AED6	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CADD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA3D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.084 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c6e2',
    500: '#74aed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aed6;
$custom-light: #a1c6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.49,
    "s": 54.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72605,
    "c": 0.08402,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AED6

secondary

#E4D0C2

accent

#6424C2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AED6

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

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