#74AED9#74AED9

#74AED9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.087 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AED9
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 217)
HSL	hsl(206, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(206, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 19.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -7.38, -27.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 28.55, 255.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0415 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.087 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8585, 38.9924, 71.3216)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AED9 #D99F74

analogous

#74D9D2 #74AED9 #747BD9

triadic

#74AED9 #D974AE #AED974

tetradic

#74AED9 #D274D9 #D99F74 #7BD974

square

#74AED9 #D274D9 #D99F74 #7BD974

split-complementary

#74AED9 #D9747B #D9D274

monochromatic

#2D72A5 #4492CC #74AED9 #A4CAE6 #D4E6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#74AED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#74AED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AED9

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AED9	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA3D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.087 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c6e5',
    500: '#74aed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aed9;
$custom-light: #a1c6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.545,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72731,
    "c": 0.08717,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AED9

secondary

#E5D2C3

accent

#6721C5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AED9

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

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