#74AEF9#74AEF9

#74AEF9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.125 H 255.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AEF9
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 249)
HSL	hsl(214, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(214, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 30.1%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, 2.00, -43.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 43.07, 272.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0317 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.125 255.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4314, 40.8215, 95.4056)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AEF9 #F9BF74

analogous

#74F0F9 #74AEF9 #7D74F9

triadic

#74AEF9 #F974AE #AEF974

tetradic

#74AEF9 #F974F0 #F9BF74 #74F97D

square

#74AEF9 #F974F0 #F9BF74 #74F97D

split-complementary

#74AEF9 #F97D74 #F0F974

monochromatic

#0A6BE9 #398CF6 #74AEF9 #AFD0FC #E2EEFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#74AEF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#74AEF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AEF9

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AEF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AEF9	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90B2FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA5F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24BFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aef9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.125 255.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c5fb',
    500: '#74aef9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aef9;
$custom-light: #a4c5fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aef9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.835,
    "s": 91.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74188,
    "c": 0.12509,
    "h": 255.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AEF9

secondary

#F5E7D3

accent

#8100E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AEF9

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

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