#74AFFC#74AFFC
#74AFFC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.128 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #74AFFC |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(116, 175, 252) |
| HSL | hsl(214, 96%, 72%) |
| HSV | hsv(214, 54%, 99%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(54%, 30.6%, 0%, 1.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.45, 2.35, -44.01) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.45, 44.08, 273.06°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.55% -0.0319 -0.1239) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.55% 0.128 255.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(40.0970, 41.3980, 97.9542) |
| Luminance | 0.4140 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | cyan |
Closest named colors
Carolina Blue
#8AB8FE
ΔE00 3.46
Sky Blue (survey)
#75BBFD
ΔE00 3.98
Cornflowerblue
#6495ED
ΔE00 7.57
Pastel Blue
#A2BFFE
ΔE00 7.86
Sky
#82CAFC
ΔE00 8.52
Baby Blue (survey)
#A2CFFE
ΔE00 8.86
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#74AFFC #FCC174
analogous
#74F3FC #74AFFC #7D74FC
triadic
#74AFFC #FC74AF #AFFC74
tetradic
#74AFFC #FC74F3 #FCC174 #74FC7D
square
#74AFFC #FC74F3 #FCC174 #74FC7D
split-complementary
#74AFFC #FC7D74 #F3FC74
monochromatic
#056BF0 #388DFB #74AFFC #B0D1FD #E1EEFE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.26
#74AFFC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.28
#74AFFC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #74AFFC
9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##74AFFC | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##74AFFC | 1.00 | 2.26 | 9.28 | 9.28 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.26 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.28 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.28 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#90B4FF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7FA6FA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#1DC0CA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #74affc; /* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 175, 252); /* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.128 255.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#a4c6fd',
500: '#74affc',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #74affc; $custom-light: #a4c6fd; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#74affc",
"rgb": {
"r": 116,
"g": 175,
"b": 252
},
"hsl": {
"h": 213.971,
"s": 95.775,
"l": 72.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74546,
"c": 0.12795,
"h": 255.5
},
"luminance": 0.41401
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#74AFFC
secondary
#F7E8D4
accent
#8200E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F8FF
border
#CED1D7
text
#101317
muted
#7F8285