#74AFDB#74AFDB

#74AFDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.089 H 241.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AFDB
RGB	rgb(116, 175, 219)
HSL	hsl(206, 59%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(206, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 20.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -7.36, -28.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 29.08, 255.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.042 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.089 241.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3141, 39.4849, 72.7646)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AFDB #DBA074

analogous

#74DBD3 #74AFDB #747BDB

triadic

#74AFDB #DB74AF #AFDB74

tetradic

#74AFDB #D374DB #DBA074 #7BDB74

square

#74AFDB #D374DB #DBA074 #7BDB74

split-complementary

#74AFDB #DB747B #DBD374

monochromatic

#2C73A9 #4393CE #74AFDB #A5CBE8 #D5E7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#74AFDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#74AFDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AFDB

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AFDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AFDB	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45BABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74afdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 175, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.089 241.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c6e6',
    500: '#74afdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74afdb;
$custom-light: #a1c6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74afdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.631,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73037,
    "c": 0.08878,
    "h": 241.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AFDB

secondary

#E7D3C4

accent

#671FC6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AFDB

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

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