#74AEEC#74AEEC

#74AEEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.109 H 251.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AEEC
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 236)
HSL	hsl(211, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(211, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 26.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -1.89, -36.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 36.86, 267.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.0354 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.109 251)
XYZ	xyz(37.4736, 40.0384, 85.0941)
Luminance	0.4004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AEEC #ECB274

analogous

#74EAEC #74AEEC #7674EC

triadic

#74AEEC #EC74AE #AEEC74

tetradic

#74AEEC #EC74EA #ECB274 #74EC76

square

#74AEEC #EC74EA #ECB274 #74EC76

split-complementary

#74AEEC #EC7674 #EAEC74

monochromatic

#1C70CA #3E8FE5 #74AEEC #AACDF3 #E0EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#74AEEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#74AEEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AEEC

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AEEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AEEC	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36BCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aeec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.109 251.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c6f2',
    500: '#74aeec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aeec;
$custom-light: #a3c6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aeec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73571,
    "c": 0.109,
    "h": 251
  },
  "luminance": 0.40041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AEEC

secondary

#EFDECC

accent

#760DD8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AEEC

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

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