#74AEF2#74AEF2

#74AEF2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.116 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AEF2
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 242)
HSL	hsl(212, 83%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(212, 52%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 28.1%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -0.10, -39.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 39.69, 269.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0336 -0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.116 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3599, 40.3929, 89.7624)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AEF2 #F2B874

analogous

#74EDF2 #74AEF2 #7974F2

triadic

#74AEF2 #F274AE #AEF274

tetradic

#74AEF2 #F274ED #F2B874 #74F279

square

#74AEF2 #F274ED #F2B874 #74F279

split-complementary

#74AEF2 #F27974 #EDF274

monochromatic

#146ED7 #3C8DED #74AEF2 #ACCFF7 #E3EFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#74AEF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#74AEF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AEF2

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AEF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AEF2	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B1F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A5F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FBDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aef2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.116 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c5f6',
    500: '#74aef2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aef2;
$custom-light: #a3c5f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aef2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.381,
    "s": 82.895,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73851,
    "c": 0.11636,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AEF2

secondary

#F2E2CF

accent

#7B06DF

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FE

border

#CED1D6

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AEF2

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

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