#74AFF9#74AFF9

#74AFF9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.124 H 254.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AFF9
RGB	rgb(116, 175, 249)
HSL	hsl(213, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(213, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 29.7%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, 1.44, -42.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 42.62, 271.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.0328 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.124 254.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6254, 41.2094, 95.4702)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AFF9 #F9BE74

analogous

#74F2F9 #74AFF9 #7C74F9

triadic

#74AFF9 #F974AF #AFF974

tetradic

#74AFF9 #F974F2 #F9BE74 #74F97C

square

#74AFF9 #F974F2 #F9BE74 #74F97C

split-complementary

#74AFF9 #F97C74 #F2F974

monochromatic

#0A6DE9 #398DF6 #74AFF9 #AFD1FC #E2EEFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#74AFF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#74AFF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AFF9

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AFF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AFF9	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91B3FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A6F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23C0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aff9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 175, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.124 254.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c6fb',
    500: '#74aff9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aff9;
$custom-light: #a4c6fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aff9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.383,
    "s": 91.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.744,
    "c": 0.12418,
    "h": 254.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AFF9

secondary

#F5E6D3

accent

#8000E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AFF9

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

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