#74AEE6#74AEE6

#74AEE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.102 H 248.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AEE6
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 230)
HSL	hsl(209, 70%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(209, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 24.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -3.65, -33.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 34.12, 263.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.0373 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.102 248.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6165, 39.6956, 80.5800)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AEE6 #E6AC74

analogous

#74E6E5 #74AEE6 #7475E6

triadic

#74AEE6 #E674AE #AEE674

tetradic

#74AEE6 #E574E6 #E6AC74 #75E674

square

#74AEE6 #E574E6 #E6AC74 #75E674

split-complementary

#74AEE6 #E67475 #E6E574

monochromatic

#2271BE #4090DD #74AEE6 #A8CCEF #DCEAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#74AEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#74AEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AEE6

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AEE6	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AFE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CBBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.102 248.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c6ee',
    500: '#74aee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aee6;
$custom-light: #a2c6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.474,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73298,
    "c": 0.10182,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AEE6

secondary

#ECDBC9

accent

#7114D1

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AEE6

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

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