#74C1EB#74C1EB

#74C1EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.097 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74C1EB
RGBrgb(116, 193, 235)
HSLhsl(201, 75%, 69%)
HSVhsv(201, 51%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(50.6%, 17.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LABlab(74.73, -12.48, -28.19)
CIE-LCHlch(74.73, 30.83, 246.12°)
OKLaboklab(77.69% -0.0573 -0.0784)
OKLCHoklch(77.69% 0.097 233.8)
XYZxyz(41.2623, 47.8477, 85.6423)
Luminance0.4785 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74C1EB #EB9E74
analogous
#74EBD9 #74C1EB #7486EB
triadic
#74C1EB #EB74C1 #C1EB74
tetradic
#74C1EB #D974EB #EB9E74 #86EB74
square
#74C1EB #D974EB #EB9E74 #86EB74
split-complementary
#74C1EB #EB7486 #EBD974
monochromatic
#1D8BC8 #3EA9E3 #74C1EB #AAD9F3 #DFF1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99
#74C1EB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57
#74C1EB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C1EB
10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74C1EB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##74C1EB1.001.9910.5710.57
#FFFFFF1.991.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5721.001.001.00
##00000010.5721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ADBFED
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9CB2EA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#30CCCF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74c1eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 193, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.097 233.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d3f1',
    500: '#74c1eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74c1eb;
$custom-light: #a3d3f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74c1eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7769,
    "c": 0.0971,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74C1EB
secondary
#EFD8CC
accent
#550FD7
background
#FAFCFE
surface
#F4F9FD
border
#CED2D5
text
#101416
muted
#7F8284

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#74C1EB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva