#74AEF8#74AEF8

#74AEF8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.124 H 255.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AEF8
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 248)
HSL	hsl(214, 90%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(214, 53%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 29.8%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, 1.70, -42.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 42.58, 272.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0319 -0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.124 255.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2759, 40.7593, 94.5864)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AEF8 #F8BE74

analogous

#74F0F8 #74AEF8 #7C74F8

triadic

#74AEF8 #F874AE #AEF874

tetradic

#74AEF8 #F874F0 #F8BE74 #74F87C

square

#74AEF8 #F874F0 #F8BE74 #74F87C

split-complementary

#74AEF8 #F87C74 #F0F874

monochromatic

#0C6CE6 #3A8CF5 #74AEF8 #AED0FB #E2EEFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#74AEF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#74AEF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AEF8

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AEF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AEF8	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90B2FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A5F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26BFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.124 255.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c5fb',
    500: '#74aef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aef8;
$custom-light: #a4c5fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.636,
    "s": 90.411,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74139,
    "c": 0.12384,
    "h": 255.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AEF8

secondary

#F5E6D3

accent

#8100E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AEF8

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

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