#74AED8#74AED8

#74AED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.086 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AED8
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 216)
HSL	hsl(205, 56%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(205, 46%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 19.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -7.67, -27.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 28.15, 254.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0419 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.086 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7289, 38.9405, 70.6387)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AED8 #D89E74

analogous

#74D8D0 #74AED8 #747CD8

triadic

#74AED8 #D874AE #AED874

tetradic

#74AED8 #D074D8 #D89E74 #7CD874

square

#74AED8 #D074D8 #D89E74 #7CD874

split-complementary

#74AED8 #D8747C #D8D074

monochromatic

#2E72A4 #4492CB #74AED8 #A4CAE5 #D4E6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#74AED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#74AED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AED8

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AED8	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAEDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA3D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.086 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c6e4',
    500: '#74aed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aed8;
$custom-light: #a1c6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.2,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72689,
    "c": 0.08611,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AED8

secondary

#E5D1C3

accent

#6622C4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AED8

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

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