#74AEFC#74AEFC

#74AEFC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.129 H 256.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AEFC
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 252)
HSL	hsl(214, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(214, 54%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 31%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, 2.91, -44.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 44.53, 273.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0308 -0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.129 256.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.9031, 41.0102, 97.8896)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AEFC #FCC274

analogous

#74F2FC #74AEFC #7E74FC

triadic

#74AEFC #FC74AE #AEFC74

tetradic

#74AEFC #FC74F2 #FCC274 #74FC7E

square

#74AEFC #FC74F2 #FCC274 #74FC7E

split-complementary

#74AEFC #FC7E74 #F2FC74

monochromatic

#056AF0 #388BFB #74AEFC #B0D1FD #E1EEFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#74AEFC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#74AEFC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AEFC

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AEFC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AEFC	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FB3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA6FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EBFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aefc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 252);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.129 256.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c5fd',
    500: '#74aefc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aefc;
$custom-light: #a4c5fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aefc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 252
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.412,
    "s": 95.775,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74335,
    "c": 0.12889,
    "h": 256.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AEFC

secondary

#F7E8D4

accent

#8400E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AEFC

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

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