#74AFEF#74AFEF

#74AFEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.112 H 251.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AFEF
RGB	rgb(116, 175, 239)
HSL	hsl(211, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(211, 51%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 26.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -1.55, -37.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 37.86, 267.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.0356 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.112 251.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1070, 40.6020, 87.4735)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AFEF #EFB474

analogous

#74ECEF #74AFEF #7774EF

triadic

#74AFEF #EF74AF #AFEF74

tetradic

#74AFEF #EF74EC #EFB474 #74EF77

square

#74AFEF #EF74EC #EFB474 #74EF77

split-complementary

#74AFEF #EF7774 #ECEF74

monochromatic

#1871D1 #3D8FE9 #74AFEF #ABCFF5 #E2EEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#74AFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#74AFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AFEF

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AFEF	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B2F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32BEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74afef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 175, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.112 251.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c6f4',
    500: '#74afef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74afef;
$custom-light: #a3c6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74afef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.22,
    "s": 79.355,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73926,
    "c": 0.11183,
    "h": 251.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AFEF

secondary

#F1E0CE

accent

#770ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AFEF

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

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