#74AEDB#74AEDB

#74AEDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.089 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AEDB
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 219)
HSL	hsl(206, 59%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(206, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 20.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -6.82, -28.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 29.36, 256.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0409 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.089 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1202, 39.0971, 72.6999)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AEDB #DBA174

analogous

#74DBD5 #74AEDB #747ADB

triadic

#74AEDB #DB74AE #AEDB74

tetradic

#74AEDB #D574DB #DBA174 #7ADB74

square

#74AEDB #D574DB #DBA174 #7ADB74

split-complementary

#74AEDB #DB747A #DBD574

monochromatic

#2C72A9 #4392CE #74AEDB #A5CAE8 #D5E7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#74AEDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#74AEDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AEDB

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AEDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AEDB	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aedb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.089 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c6e6',
    500: '#74aedb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aedb;
$custom-light: #a1c6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aedb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.214,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72816,
    "c": 0.08932,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AEDB

secondary

#E7D3C4

accent

#681FC6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AEDB

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

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