#74C2E7#74C2E7

#74C2E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.093 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C2E7
RGB	rgb(116, 194, 231)
HSL	hsl(199, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(199, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 16%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -14.13, -25.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 29.44, 241.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% -0.0599 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.093 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9128, 48.0628, 82.7069)
Luminance	0.4807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C2E7 #E79974

analogous

#74E7D2 #74C2E7 #7488E7

triadic

#74C2E7 #E774C2 #C2E774

tetradic

#74C2E7 #D274E7 #E79974 #88E774

square

#74C2E7 #D274E7 #E79974 #88E774

split-complementary

#74C2E7 #E77488 #E7D274

monochromatic

#218DC0 #40ABDE #74C2E7 #A8D9F0 #DCF0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#74C2E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#74C2E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C2E7

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C2E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C2E7	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBFE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB3E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35CCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c2e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 194, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.093 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d4ee',
    500: '#74c2e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c2e7;
$custom-light: #a3d4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c2e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.304,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7775,
    "c": 0.09338,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C2E7

secondary

#EDD5CA

accent

#5113D3

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C2E7

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

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