#74AEE7#74AEE7

#74AEE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.103 H 249.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AEE7
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 231)
HSL	hsl(210, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(210, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 24.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -3.36, -34.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 34.57, 264.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% -0.0369 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.103 249)
XYZ	xyz(36.7573, 39.7519, 81.3217)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AEE7 #E7AD74

analogous

#74E7E6 #74AEE7 #7474E7

triadic

#74AEE7 #E774AE #AEE774

tetradic

#74AEE7 #E674E7 #E7AD74 #74E774

square

#74AEE7 #E674E7 #E7AD74 #74E774

split-complementary

#74AEE7 #E77474 #E7E674

monochromatic

#2171C0 #4090DE #74AEE7 #A8CCF0 #DCEBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#74AEE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#74AEE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AEE7

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AEE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AEE7	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B0EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A4E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BBBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aee7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.103 249.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c6ee',
    500: '#74aee7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aee7;
$custom-light: #a2c6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aee7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.739,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73343,
    "c": 0.10301,
    "h": 249
  },
  "luminance": 0.39755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AEE7

secondary

#EDDBCA

accent

#7213D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AEE7

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

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