#74AEFB#74AEFB
#74AEFB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.128 H 255.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #74AEFB |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(116, 174, 251) |
| HSL | hsl(214, 94%, 72%) |
| HSV | hsv(214, 54%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(53.8%, 30.7%, 0%, 1.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.14, 2.61, -43.97) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.14, 44.04, 273.40°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.29% -0.0311 -0.1238) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.29% 0.128 255.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(39.7450, 40.9470, 97.0572) |
| Luminance | 0.4095 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | cyan |
Closest named colors
Carolina Blue
#8AB8FE
ΔE00 3.56
Sky Blue (survey)
#75BBFD
ΔE00 4.27
Cornflowerblue
#6495ED
ΔE00 7.27
Pastel Blue
#A2BFFE
ΔE00 7.89
Sky
#82CAFC
ΔE00 8.78
Baby Blue (survey)
#A2CFFE
ΔE00 9.06
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#74AEFB #FBC174
analogous
#74F2FB #74AEFB #7E74FB
triadic
#74AEFB #FB74AE #AEFB74
tetradic
#74AEFB #FB74F2 #FBC174 #74FB7E
square
#74AEFB #FB74F2 #FBC174 #74FB7E
split-complementary
#74AEFB #FB7E74 #F2FB74
monochromatic
#076AEE #398BF9 #74AEFB #AFD1FD #E1EEFE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.29
#74AEFB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.19
#74AEFB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #74AEFB
9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##74AEFB | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##74AEFB | 1.00 | 2.29 | 9.19 | 9.19 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.29 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.19 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.19 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#8FB3FE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7EA6F9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#20BFC9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #74aefb; /* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 251); /* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.128 255.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#a4c5fd',
500: '#74aefb',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #74aefb; $custom-light: #a4c5fd; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#74aefb",
"rgb": {
"r": 116,
"g": 174,
"b": 251
},
"hsl": {
"h": 214.222,
"s": 94.406,
"l": 71.961
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74285,
"c": 0.12762,
"h": 255.9
},
"luminance": 0.4095
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#74AEFB
secondary
#F6E8D4
accent
#8300E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F8FF
border
#CED1D7
text
#101217
muted
#7F8185