#74AEFE#74AEFE

#74AEFE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.131 H 256.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AEFE
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 254)
HSL	hsl(215, 99%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(215, 54%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 31.5%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, 3.52, -45.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 45.52, 274.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.0303 -0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.131 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2217, 41.1376, 99.5675)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AEFE #FEC474

analogous

#74F3FE #74AEFE #7F74FE

triadic

#74AEFE #FE74AE #AEFE74

tetradic

#74AEFE #FE74F3 #FEC474 #74FE7F

square

#74AEFE #FE74F3 #FEC474 #74FE7F

split-complementary

#74AEFE #FE7F74 #F3FE74

monochromatic

#0268F6 #378BFE #74AEFE #B1D1FE #E1EDFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#74AEFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#74AEFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AEFE

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AEFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AEFE	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EB3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7CA6FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19C0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aefe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.131 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c5ff',
    500: '#74aefe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aefe;
$custom-light: #a4c5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aefe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.783,
    "s": 98.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74434,
    "c": 0.13141,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AEFE

secondary

#F7E8D4

accent

#8500E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101218

muted

#7F8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AEFE

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

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