#74AFFD#74AFFD

#74AFFD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.129 H 255.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AFFD
RGB	rgb(116, 175, 253)
HSL	hsl(214, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(214, 54%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 30.8%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, 2.65, -44.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 44.56, 273.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.0317 -0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.129 255.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.2559, 41.4616, 98.7910)
Luminance	0.4147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AFFD #FDC274

analogous

#74F3FD #74AFFD #7E74FD

triadic

#74AFFD #FD74AF #AFFD74

tetradic

#74AFFD #FD74F3 #FDC274 #74FD7E

square

#74AFFD #FD74F3 #FDC274 #74FD7E

split-complementary

#74AFFD #FD7E74 #F3FD74

monochromatic

#036BF3 #388CFC #74AFFD #B0D2FE #E1EEFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#74AFFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#74AFFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AFFD

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AFFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AFFD	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FB4FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA6FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BC1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74affd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 175, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.129 255.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c6fe',
    500: '#74affd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74affd;
$custom-light: #a4c6fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74affd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.161,
    "s": 97.163,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74595,
    "c": 0.12921,
    "h": 255.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AFFD

secondary

#F7E8D4

accent

#8300E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AFFD

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

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