#74AFDE#74AFDE

#74AFDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.092 H 243.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AFDE
RGB	rgb(116, 175, 222)
HSL	hsl(207, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(207, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 21.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -6.51, -29.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 30.31, 257.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.041 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.092 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7126, 39.6443, 74.8633)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AFDE #DEA374

analogous

#74DED8 #74AFDE #747ADE

triadic

#74AFDE #DE74AF #AFDE74

tetradic

#74AFDE #D874DE #DEA374 #7ADE74

square

#74AFDE #D874DE #DEA374 #7ADE74

split-complementary

#74AFDE #DE747A #DED874

monochromatic

#2973AE #4393D2 #74AFDE #A5CBEA #D7E8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#74AFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#74AFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AFDE

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AFDE	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43BABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74afde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 175, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.092 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c6e8',
    500: '#74afde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74afde;
$custom-light: #a1c6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74afde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.604,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73165,
    "c": 0.09204,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AFDE

secondary

#E8D5C6

accent

#691CC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AFDE

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

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