#74AFCC#74AFCC

#74AFCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.074 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AFCC
RGB	rgb(116, 175, 204)
HSL	hsl(200, 46%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(200, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 14.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -11.53, -20.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 23.71, 240.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0474 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.074 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4277, 38.7303, 62.8293)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AFCC #CC9174

analogous

#74CCBD #74AFCC #7483CC

triadic

#74AFCC #CC74AF #AFCC74

tetradic

#74AFCC #BD74CC #CC9174 #83CC74

square

#74AFCC #BD74CC #CC9174 #83CC74

split-complementary

#74AFCC #CC7483 #CCBD74

monochromatic

#357291 #4795BC #74AFCC #A1C9DC #CEE3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#74AFCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#74AFCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AFCC

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AFCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AFCC	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FB7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74afcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 175, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.074 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c6db',
    500: '#74afcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74afcc;
$custom-light: #a0c6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74afcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.773,
    "s": 46.316,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72424,
    "c": 0.07429,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AFCC

secondary

#DEC8BE

accent

#5B2CBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AFCC

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

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