#74AEFD#74AEFD

#74AEFD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.130 H 256.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AEFD
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 253)
HSL	hsl(215, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(215, 54%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 31.2%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, 3.22, -44.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 45.02, 274.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.0306 -0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.13 256.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0620, 41.0738, 98.7263)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AEFD #FDC374

analogous

#74F2FD #74AEFD #7F74FD

triadic

#74AEFD #FD74AE #AEFD74

tetradic

#74AEFD #FD74F2 #FDC374 #74FD7F

square

#74AEFD #FD74F2 #FDC374 #74FD7F

split-complementary

#74AEFD #FD7F74 #F2FD74

monochromatic

#0369F3 #388BFC #74AEFD #B0D1FE #E1EDFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#74AEFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#74AEFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AEFD

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AEFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AEFD	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EB3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA6FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BC0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aefd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.130 256.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c5fe',
    500: '#74aefd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aefd;
$custom-light: #a4c5fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aefd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.599,
    "s": 97.163,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74384,
    "c": 0.13015,
    "h": 256.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AEFD

secondary

#F7E8D4

accent

#8400E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101218

muted

#7F8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AEFD

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

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