#74AEFF#74AEFF

#74AEFF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.133 H 256.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AEFF
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 255)
HSL	hsl(215, 100%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(215, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 31.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, 3.83, -45.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 46.01, 274.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.03 -0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.133 256.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.3822, 41.2019, 100.4131)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AEFF #FFC574

analogous

#74F4FF #74AEFF #7F74FF

triadic

#74AEFF #FF74AE #AEFF74

tetradic

#74AEFF #FF74F4 #FFC574 #74FF7F

square

#74AEFF #FF74F4 #FFC574 #74FF7F

split-complementary

#74AEFF #FF7F74 #F4FF74

monochromatic

#0068F9 #378AFF #74AEFF #B1D2FF #E0EDFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#74AEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#74AEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AEFF

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AEFF	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DB3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7CA6FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16C0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aeff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.133 256.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c5ff',
    500: '#74aeff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aeff;
$custom-light: #a5c5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aeff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.964,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74483,
    "c": 0.13269,
    "h": 256.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AEFF

secondary

#F7E8D4

accent

#8600E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101218

muted

#7F8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AEFF

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

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