#74AEE4#74AEE4

#74AEE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.099 H 247.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AEE4
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 228)
HSL	hsl(209, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(209, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 23.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -4.23, -32.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 33.22, 262.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.0379 -0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.099 247.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3372, 39.5839, 79.1094)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AEE4 #E4AA74

analogous

#74E4E2 #74AEE4 #7476E4

triadic

#74AEE4 #E474AE #AEE474

tetradic

#74AEE4 #E274E4 #E4AA74 #76E474

square

#74AEE4 #E274E4 #E4AA74 #76E474

split-complementary

#74AEE4 #E47476 #E4E274

monochromatic

#2471BA #4190DA #74AEE4 #A7CCEE #DAEAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#74AEE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#74AEE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AEE4

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AEE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AEE4	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AFE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A4E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EBBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.099 247.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c6ec',
    500: '#74aee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aee4;
$custom-light: #a2c6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.929,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73208,
    "c": 0.09948,
    "h": 247.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AEE4

secondary

#EBD9C8

accent

#6F16CF

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AEE4

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

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