#74AFE6#74AFE6

#74AFE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.101 H 247.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AFE6
RGB	rgb(116, 175, 230)
HSL	hsl(209, 70%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(209, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 23.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -4.20, -33.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 33.75, 262.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0384 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.101 247.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8104, 40.0834, 80.6447)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AFE6 #E6AB74

analogous

#74E6E4 #74AFE6 #7476E6

triadic

#74AFE6 #E674AF #AFE674

tetradic

#74AFE6 #E474E6 #E6AB74 #76E674

square

#74AFE6 #E474E6 #E6AB74 #76E674

split-complementary

#74AFE6 #E67476 #E6E474

monochromatic

#2273BE #4091DD #74AFE6 #A8CDEF #DCEBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#74AFE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#74AFE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AFE6

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AFE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AFE6	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B0E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA5E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CBCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74afe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 175, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.101 247.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c6ee',
    500: '#74afe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74afe6;
$custom-light: #a2c6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74afe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.947,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73516,
    "c": 0.10111,
    "h": 247.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AFE6

secondary

#ECDAC9

accent

#6F14D1

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AFE6

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

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