#74AEDD#74AEDD

#74AEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.092 H 244.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AEDD
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 221)
HSL	hsl(207, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(207, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 21.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -6.25, -29.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 30.19, 258.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0402 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.092 244)
XYZ	xyz(35.3851, 39.2030, 74.0949)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AEDD #DDA374

analogous

#74DDD7 #74AEDD #7479DD

triadic

#74AEDD #DD74AE #AEDD74

tetradic

#74AEDD #D774DD #DDA374 #79DD74

square

#74AEDD #D774DD #DDA374 #79DD74

split-complementary

#74AEDD #DD7479 #DDD774

monochromatic

#2A72AC #4391D1 #74AEDD #A5CBE9 #D6E7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#74AEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#74AEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AEDD

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AEDD	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44B9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.092 244.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72902,
    "c": 0.09152,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.39206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AEDD

secondary

#E8D5C5

accent

#6A1DC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AEDD

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

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