#75AEC8#75AEC8

#75AEC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.070 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#75AEC8
RGB	rgb(117, 174, 200)
HSL	hsl(199, 43%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 42%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 13%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -11.82, -19.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 22.44, 238.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0468 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.07 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8939, 38.2220, 60.2766)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#75AEC8 #C88F75

analogous

#75C8B8 #75AEC8 #7585C8

triadic

#75AEC8 #C875AE #AEC875

tetradic

#75AEC8 #B875C8 #C88F75 #85C875

square

#75AEC8 #B875C8 #C88F75 #85C875

split-complementary

#75AEC8 #C87585 #C8B875

monochromatic

#37718B #4994B7 #75AEC8 #A1C8D9 #CDE1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#75AEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#75AEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #75AEC8

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##75AEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##75AEC8	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ACC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54B6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #75aec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(117, 174, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.070 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c6d8',
    500: '#75aec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #75aec8;
$custom-light: #a0c6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#75aec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 117,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.795,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72097,
    "c": 0.07039,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#75AEC8

secondary

#DCC7BD

accent

#5A2FB6

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #75AEC8

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

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