#74AEEF#74AEEF

#74AEEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.113 H 252.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AEEF
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 239)
HSL	hsl(212, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(212, 51%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 27.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -1.00, -38.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 38.27, 268.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.0345 -0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.113 252.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9131, 40.2142, 87.4089)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AEEF #EFB574

analogous

#74ECEF #74AEEF #7774EF

triadic

#74AEEF #EF74AE #AEEF74

tetradic

#74AEEF #EF74EC #EFB574 #74EF77

square

#74AEEF #EF74EC #EFB574 #74EF77

split-complementary

#74AEEF #EF7774 #ECEF74

monochromatic

#186FD1 #3D8EE9 #74AEEF #ABCEF5 #E2EEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#74AEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#74AEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AEEF

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AEEF	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B1F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32BDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aeef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.113 252.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c5f4',
    500: '#74aeef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aeef;
$custom-light: #a3c5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aeef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.707,
    "s": 79.355,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7371,
    "c": 0.11266,
    "h": 252.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AEEF

secondary

#F1E0CE

accent

#790ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AEEF

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

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