#74AEFA#74AEFA
#74AEFA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.126 H 255.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #74AEFA |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(116, 174, 250) |
| HSL | hsl(214, 93%, 72%) |
| HSV | hsv(214, 54%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(53.6%, 30.4%, 0%, 2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.09, 2.31, -43.49) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.09, 43.55, 273.03°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.24% -0.0314 -0.1224) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.24% 0.126 255.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(39.5878, 40.8841, 96.2292) |
| Luminance | 0.4089 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | cyan |
Closest named colors
Carolina Blue
#8AB8FE
ΔE00 3.59
Sky Blue (survey)
#75BBFD
ΔE00 4.23
Cornflowerblue
#6495ED
ΔE00 7.27
Pastel Blue
#A2BFFE
ΔE00 7.92
Sky
#82CAFC
ΔE00 8.73
Azure (survey)
#069AF3
ΔE00 9.02
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#74AEFA #FAC074
analogous
#74F1FA #74AEFA #7D74FA
triadic
#74AEFA #FA74AE #AEFA74
tetradic
#74AEFA #FA74F1 #FAC074 #74FA7D
square
#74AEFA #FA74F1 #FAC074 #74FA7D
split-complementary
#74AEFA #FA7D74 #F1FA74
monochromatic
#086BEB #398CF8 #74AEFA #AFD0FC #E1EEFE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.29
#74AEFA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.18
#74AEFA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #74AEFA
9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##74AEFA | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##74AEFA | 1.00 | 2.29 | 9.18 | 9.18 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.29 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.18 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.18 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#8FB2FD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7FA6F8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#22BFC9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #74aefa; /* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 250); /* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.126 255.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#a4c5fc',
500: '#74aefa',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #74aefa; $custom-light: #a4c5fc; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#74aefa",
"rgb": {
"r": 116,
"g": 174,
"b": 250
},
"hsl": {
"h": 214.03,
"s": 93.056,
"l": 71.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74236,
"c": 0.12635,
"h": 255.6
},
"luminance": 0.40887
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#74AEFA
secondary
#F6E7D4
accent
#8200E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F8FF
border
#CED1D7
text
#101217
muted
#7F8185