#74AFCE#74AFCE

#74AFCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.076 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AFCE
RGB	rgb(116, 175, 206)
HSL	hsl(201, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 44%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 15%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -10.98, -21.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 24.34, 243.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0466 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.076 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6691, 38.8269, 64.1007)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AFCE #CE9374

analogous

#74CEC0 #74AFCE #7482CE

triadic

#74AFCE #CE74AF #AFCE74

tetradic

#74AFCE #C074CE #CE9374 #82CE74

square

#74AFCE #C074CE #CE9374 #82CE74

split-complementary

#74AFCE #CE7482 #CEC074

monochromatic

#347394 #4795BE #74AFCE #A1C9DE #CEE3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#74AFCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#74AFCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AFCE

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AFCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AFCE	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EB8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74afce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 175, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.076 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c6dd',
    500: '#74afce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74afce;
$custom-light: #a0c6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74afce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.667,
    "s": 47.872,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72503,
    "c": 0.07601,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AFCE

secondary

#DFCABF

accent

#5C2ABB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AFCE

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

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