#74AFE8#74AFE8

#74AFE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.103 H 248.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AFE8
RGB	rgb(116, 175, 232)
HSL	hsl(209, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(209, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 24.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -3.62, -34.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 34.65, 264.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0378 -0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.103 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0928, 40.1964, 82.1323)
Luminance	0.4020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AFE8 #E8AD74

analogous

#74E8E7 #74AFE8 #7475E8

triadic

#74AFE8 #E874AF #AFE874

tetradic

#74AFE8 #E774E8 #E8AD74 #75E874

square

#74AFE8 #E774E8 #E8AD74 #75E874

split-complementary

#74AFE8 #E87475 #E8E774

monochromatic

#2072C2 #3F91DF #74AFE8 #A9CDF1 #DDEBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#74AFE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#74AFE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AFE8

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AFE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AFE8	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A5E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3ABCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74afe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 175, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.103 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c6ef',
    500: '#74afe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74afe8;
$custom-light: #a2c6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74afe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.483,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73605,
    "c": 0.10346,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AFE8

secondary

#EDDCCA

accent

#7112D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AFE8

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

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