#74C0DF#74C0DF

#74C0DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.087 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C0DF
RGB	rgb(116, 192, 223)
HSL	hsl(197, 63%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 13.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.02, -15.32, -22.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.02, 27.45, 236.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.0605 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.087 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3665, 46.7369, 76.7444)
Luminance	0.4674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C0DF #DF9374

analogous

#74DFC9 #74C0DF #748BDF

triadic

#74C0DF #DF74C0 #C0DF74

tetradic

#74C0DF #C974DF #DF9374 #8BDF74

square

#74C0DF #C974DF #DF9374 #8BDF74

split-complementary

#74C0DF #DF748B #DFC974

monochromatic

#2989B0 #42A9D4 #74C0DF #A6D7EA #D7EDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#74C0DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#74C0DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C0DF

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C0DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C0DF	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBDE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B1DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DC9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c0df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 192, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.087 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d3e9',
    500: '#74c0df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c0df;
$custom-light: #a2d3e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c0df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.383,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76987,
    "c": 0.0874,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C0DF

secondary

#E9D0C6

accent

#4E1BCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C0DF

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

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