#74AFDD#74AFDD

#74AFDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.091 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AFDD
RGB	rgb(116, 175, 221)
HSL	hsl(206, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(206, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 20.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -6.79, -29.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 29.89, 256.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0414 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.091 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5790, 39.5908, 74.1595)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AFDD #DDA274

analogous

#74DDD7 #74AFDD #747ADD

triadic

#74AFDD #DD74AF #AFDD74

tetradic

#74AFDD #D774DD #DDA274 #7ADD74

square

#74AFDD #D774DD #DDA274 #7ADD74

split-complementary

#74AFDD #DD747A #DDD774

monochromatic

#2A73AC #4393D1 #74AFDD #A5CBE9 #D6E8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#74AFDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#74AFDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AFDD

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AFDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AFDD	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44BABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74afdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 175, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.091 242.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74afdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.286,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73122,
    "c": 0.09095,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AFDD

secondary

#E8D4C5

accent

#681DC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AFDD

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

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