#74AEF4#74AEF4

#74AEF4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.119 H 253.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AEF4
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 244)
HSL	hsl(213, 85%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(213, 52%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 28.7%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, 0.50, -40.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 40.65, 270.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0331 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.119 253.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6620, 40.5137, 91.3530)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AEF4 #F4BA74

analogous

#74EEF4 #74AEF4 #7A74F4

triadic

#74AEF4 #F474AE #AEF474

tetradic

#74AEF4 #F474EE #F4BA74 #74F47A

square

#74AEF4 #F474EE #F4BA74 #74F47A

split-complementary

#74AEF4 #F47A74 #EEF474

monochromatic

#116DDC #3B8DF0 #74AEF4 #ADCFF8 #E3EEFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#74AEF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#74AEF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AEF4

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AEF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AEF4	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92B2F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A5F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CBEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aef4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.119 253.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c5f8',
    500: '#74aef4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aef4;
$custom-light: #a3c5f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aef4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.813,
    "s": 85.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73946,
    "c": 0.11883,
    "h": 253.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AEF4

secondary

#F3E4D1

accent

#7D04E2

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AEF4

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

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