#74AEE3#74AEE3

#74AEE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.098 H 247.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AEE3
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 227)
HSL	hsl(209, 66%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(209, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 23.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -4.52, -32.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 32.78, 262.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0382 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.098 247.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1988, 39.5285, 78.3804)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AEE3 #E3A974

analogous

#74E3E1 #74AEE3 #7476E3

triadic

#74AEE3 #E374AE #AEE374

tetradic

#74AEE3 #E174E3 #E3A974 #76E374

square

#74AEE3 #E174E3 #E3A974 #76E374

split-complementary

#74AEE3 #E37476 #E3E174

monochromatic

#2572B8 #4190D9 #74AEE3 #A7CCED #DAE9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#74AEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#74AEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AEE3

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AEE3	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AFE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA4E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FBAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.098 247.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c6ec',
    500: '#74aee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aee3;
$custom-light: #a2c6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.649,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73164,
    "c": 0.09832,
    "h": 247.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AEE3

secondary

#EBD9C8

accent

#6F17CE

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AEE3

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

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