#74AEDE#74AEDE

#74AEDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.093 H 244.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AEDE
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 222)
HSL	hsl(207, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(207, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 21.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -5.96, -30.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 30.62, 258.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0398 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.093 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5187, 39.2565, 74.7987)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AEDE #DEA474

analogous

#74DED9 #74AEDE #7479DE

triadic

#74AEDE #DE74AE #AEDE74

tetradic

#74AEDE #D974DE #DEA474 #79DE74

square

#74AEDE #D974DE #DEA474 #79DE74

split-complementary

#74AEDE #DE7479 #DED974

monochromatic

#2972AE #4391D2 #74AEDE #A5CBEA #D7E8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#74AEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#74AEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AEDE

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AEDE	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43BABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.093 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c6e8',
    500: '#74aede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aede;
$custom-light: #a1c6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.17,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72945,
    "c": 0.09263,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AEDE

secondary

#E8D5C6

accent

#6B1CC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AEDE

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

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