#74AFE9#74AFE9

#74AFE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.105 H 249.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AFE9
RGB	rgb(116, 175, 233)
HSL	hsl(210, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(210, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 24.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -3.32, -34.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 35.10, 264.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.0375 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.105 249)
XYZ	xyz(37.2353, 40.2533, 82.8825)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AFE9 #E9AE74

analogous

#74E9E9 #74AFE9 #7474E9

triadic

#74AFE9 #E974AF #AFE974

tetradic

#74AFE9 #E974E9 #E9AE74 #74E974

square

#74AFE9 #E974E9 #E9AE74 #74E974

split-complementary

#74AFE9 #E97474 #E9E974

monochromatic

#1F72C4 #3F91E1 #74AFE9 #A9CDF1 #DEECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#74AFE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#74AFE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AFE9

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AFE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AFE9	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B1EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A5E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39BCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74afe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 175, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.105 249.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c6f0',
    500: '#74afe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74afe9;
$custom-light: #a2c6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74afe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.744,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7365,
    "c": 0.10463,
    "h": 249
  },
  "luminance": 0.40256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AFE9

secondary

#EEDCCB

accent

#7211D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AFE9

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

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