#74AFDC#74AFDC

#74AFDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.090 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AFDC
RGB	rgb(116, 175, 220)
HSL	hsl(206, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(206, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 20.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -7.08, -28.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 29.48, 256.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0417 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.09 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4462, 39.5377, 73.4600)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AFDC #DCA174

analogous

#74DCD5 #74AFDC #747BDC

triadic

#74AFDC #DC74AF #AFDC74

tetradic

#74AFDC #D574DC #DCA174 #7BDC74

square

#74AFDC #D574DC #DCA174 #7BDC74

split-complementary

#74AFDC #DC747B #DCD574

monochromatic

#2B73AB #4393D0 #74AFDC #A5CBE8 #D6E7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#74AFDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#74AFDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AFDC

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AFDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AFDC	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44BABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74afdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 175, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.090 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c6e7',
    500: '#74afdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74afdc;
$custom-light: #a1c6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74afdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.962,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73079,
    "c": 0.08987,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AFDC

secondary

#E7D4C5

accent

#671EC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AFDC

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

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