#74AEE8#74AEE8

#74AEE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.104 H 249.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AEE8
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 232)
HSL	hsl(210, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(210, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 25%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -3.06, -34.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 35.02, 264.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.0366 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.104 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.8989, 39.8085, 82.0677)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AEE8 #E8AE74

analogous

#74E8E8 #74AEE8 #7474E8

triadic

#74AEE8 #E874AE #AEE874

tetradic

#74AEE8 #E874E8 #E8AE74 #74E874

square

#74AEE8 #E874E8 #E8AE74 #74E874

split-complementary

#74AEE8 #E87474 #E8E874

monochromatic

#2071C2 #3F8FDF #74AEE8 #A9CDF1 #DDEBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#74AEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#74AEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AEE8

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AEE8	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A4E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3ABBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.104 249.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c6ef',
    500: '#74aee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aee8;
$custom-light: #a2c6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73388,
    "c": 0.10419,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AEE8

secondary

#EDDCCA

accent

#7312D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AEE8

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

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