#74AFD8#74AFD8

#74AFD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.086 H 239.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AFD8
RGB	rgb(116, 175, 216)
HSL	hsl(205, 56%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(205, 46%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 19%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -8.21, -26.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 27.89, 252.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0431 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.086 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9228, 39.3283, 70.7033)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AFD8 #D89D74

analogous

#74D8CF #74AFD8 #747DD8

triadic

#74AFD8 #D874AF #AFD874

tetradic

#74AFD8 #CF74D8 #D89D74 #7DD874

square

#74AFD8 #CF74D8 #D89D74 #7DD874

split-complementary

#74AFD8 #D8747D #D8CF74

monochromatic

#2E73A4 #4493CB #74AFD8 #A4CBE5 #D4E6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#74AFD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#74AFD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AFD8

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AFD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AFD8	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAEDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA4D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74afd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 175, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.086 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c6e4',
    500: '#74afd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74afd8;
$custom-light: #a1c6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74afd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.6,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72911,
    "c": 0.08564,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AFD8

secondary

#E5D1C3

accent

#6422C4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AFD8

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

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