#74AFE5#74AFE5

#74AFE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.100 H 247.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AFE5
RGB	rgb(116, 175, 229)
HSL	hsl(209, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(209, 49%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 23.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -4.49, -33.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 33.31, 262.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0387 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.1 247.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6704, 40.0274, 79.9072)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AFE5 #E5AA74

analogous

#74E5E3 #74AFE5 #7476E5

triadic

#74AFE5 #E574AF #AFE574

tetradic

#74AFE5 #E374E5 #E5AA74 #76E574

square

#74AFE5 #E374E5 #E5AA74 #76E574

split-complementary

#74AFE5 #E57476 #E5E374

monochromatic

#2373BC #4091DB #74AFE5 #A8CDEF #DBEAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#74AFE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#74AFE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AFE5

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AFE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AFE5	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA5E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DBCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74afe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 175, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.100 247.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c6ed',
    500: '#74afe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74afe5;
$custom-light: #a2c6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74afe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.673,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73471,
    "c": 0.09995,
    "h": 247.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AFE5

secondary

#ECDAC9

accent

#6F15D0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AFE5

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

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