#74AEDA#74AEDA

#74AEDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.088 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AEDA
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 218)
HSL	hsl(206, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(206, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 20.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -7.10, -28.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 28.96, 255.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0412 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.088 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9890, 39.0446, 72.0087)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AEDA #DAA074

analogous

#74DAD3 #74AEDA #747BDA

triadic

#74AEDA #DA74AE #AEDA74

tetradic

#74AEDA #D374DA #DAA074 #7BDA74

square

#74AEDA #D374DA #DAA074 #7BDA74

split-complementary

#74AEDA #DA747B #DAD374

monochromatic

#2C72A7 #4492CD #74AEDA #A4CAE7 #D5E6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#74AEDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#74AEDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AEDA

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AEDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AEDA	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA3D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aeda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.088 242.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aeda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.882,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72773,
    "c": 0.08824,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AEDA

secondary

#E6D3C4

accent

#6720C6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AEDA

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

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