#74AFF4#74AFF4

#74AFF4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.118 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74AFF4
RGBrgb(116, 175, 244)
HSLhsl(212, 85%, 71%)
HSVhsv(212, 52%, 96%)
CMYKcmyk(52.5%, 28.3%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LABlab(70.11, -0.06, -40.22)
CIE-LCHlch(70.11, 40.22, 269.91°)
OKLaboklab(74.16% -0.0342 -0.1129)
OKLCHoklch(74.16% 0.118 253.2)
XYZxyz(38.8559, 40.9016, 91.4176)
Luminance0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74AFF4 #F4B974
analogous
#74EFF4 #74AFF4 #7974F4
triadic
#74AFF4 #F474AF #AFF474
tetradic
#74AFF4 #F474EF #F4B974 #74F479
square
#74AFF4 #F474EF #F4B974 #74F479
split-complementary
#74AFF4 #F47974 #EFF474
monochromatic
#116FDC #3B8EF0 #74AFF4 #ADD0F8 #E3EFFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29
#74AFF4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18
#74AFF4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AFF4
9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74AFF4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##74AFF41.002.299.189.18
#FFFFFF2.291.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1821.001.001.00
##0000009.1821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#93B2F7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#83A6F3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#2BBFC7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74aff4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 175, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.118 253.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c6f8',
    500: '#74aff4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74aff4;
$custom-light: #a3c6f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74aff4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.344,
    "s": 85.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7416,
    "c": 0.11797,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74AFF4
secondary
#F3E3D1
accent
#7B04E2
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F8FF
border
#CED1D7
text
#101317
muted
#7F8285

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#74AFF4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva