#74AFC8#74AFC8

#74AFC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.071 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AFC8
RGB	rgb(116, 175, 200)
HSL	hsl(198, 43%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 42%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 12.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -12.61, -18.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 22.58, 236.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0489 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.071 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9541, 38.5409, 60.3350)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AFC8 #C88D74

analogous

#74C8B7 #74AFC8 #7485C8

triadic

#74AFC8 #C874AF #AFC874

tetradic

#74AFC8 #B774C8 #C88D74 #85C874

square

#74AFC8 #B774C8 #C88D74 #85C874

split-complementary

#74AFC8 #C87485 #C8B774

monochromatic

#37728B #4896B7 #74AFC8 #A0C8D9 #CCE1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#74AFC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#74AFC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AFC8

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AFC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AFC8	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ACC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51B6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74afc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 175, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.071 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c6d8',
    500: '#74afc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74afc8;
$custom-light: #a0c6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74afc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.857,
    "s": 43.299,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72269,
    "c": 0.07108,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AFC8

secondary

#DBC6BC

accent

#572FB6

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AFC8

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

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