#74AFF5#74AFF5

#74AFF5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.119 H 253.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74AFF5
RGBrgb(116, 175, 245)
HSLhsl(213, 87%, 71%)
HSVhsv(213, 53%, 96%)
CMYKcmyk(52.7%, 28.6%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LABlab(70.15, 0.24, -40.69)
CIE-LCHlch(70.15, 40.69, 270.33°)
OKLaboklab(74.21% -0.0339 -0.1143)
OKLCHoklch(74.21% 0.119 253.5)
XYZxyz(39.0081, 40.9625, 92.2194)
Luminance0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74AFF5 #F5BA74
analogous
#74F0F5 #74AFF5 #7974F5
triadic
#74AFF5 #F574AF #AFF574
tetradic
#74AFF5 #F574F0 #F5BA74 #74F579
square
#74AFF5 #F574F0 #F5BA74 #74F579
split-complementary
#74AFF5 #F57974 #F0F574
monochromatic
#106EDF #3B8EF1 #74AFF5 #ADD0F9 #E2EFFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28
#74AFF5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19
#74AFF5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AFF5
9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74AFF5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##74AFF51.002.289.199.19
#FFFFFF2.281.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1921.001.001.00
##0000009.1921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#93B2F8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#82A6F4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#2ABFC8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74aff5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 175, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.119 253.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c6f8',
    500: '#74aff5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74aff5;
$custom-light: #a3c6f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74aff5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.558,
    "s": 86.577,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74208,
    "c": 0.1192,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74AFF5
secondary
#F4E4D1
accent
#7C02E3
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F8FF
border
#CED1D7
text
#101317
muted
#7F8285

Preview Lab

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#74AFF5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva