#74AEDC#74AEDC

#74AEDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.090 H 243.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AEDC
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 220)
HSL	hsl(207, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(207, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 20.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -6.53, -29.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 29.78, 257.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0405 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.09 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2523, 39.1499, 73.3953)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AEDC #DCA274

analogous

#74DCD6 #74AEDC #747ADC

triadic

#74AEDC #DC74AE #AEDC74

tetradic

#74AEDC #D674DC #DCA274 #7ADC74

square

#74AEDC #D674DC #DCA274 #7ADC74

split-complementary

#74AEDC #DC747A #DCD674

monochromatic

#2B72AB #4392D0 #74AEDC #A5CAE8 #D6E7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#74AEDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#74AEDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AEDC

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AEDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AEDC	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aedc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.090 243.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c6e7',
    500: '#74aedc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aedc;
$custom-light: #a1c6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aedc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.538,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72859,
    "c": 0.09042,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AEDC

secondary

#E7D4C5

accent

#691EC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AEDC

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

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