#74C2DD#74C2DD

#74C2DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.086 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C2DD
RGB	rgb(116, 194, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(195, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 12.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.52, -16.91, -20.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.52, 26.91, 231.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.0636 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.086 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5406, 47.5139, 75.4801)
Luminance	0.4752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C2DD #DD8F74

analogous

#74DDC4 #74C2DD #748DDD

triadic

#74C2DD #DD74C2 #C2DD74

tetradic

#74C2DD #C474DD #DD8F74 #8DDD74

square

#74C2DD #C474DD #DD8F74 #8DDD74

split-complementary

#74C2DD #DD748D #DDC474

monochromatic

#2A8BAC #43ACD1 #74C2DD #A5D8E9 #D6EDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#74C2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#74C2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C2DD

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C2DD	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3ECBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 194, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.086 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d4e7',
    500: '#74c2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c2dd;
$custom-light: #a2d4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.429,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77359,
    "c": 0.08597,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C2DD

secondary

#E8CEC5

accent

#491DC8

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFC

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C2DD

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

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