#74C2E8#74C2E8

#74C2E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.094 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C2E8
RGB	rgb(116, 194, 232)
HSL	hsl(200, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(200, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 16.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, -13.85, -26.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 29.73, 242.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% -0.0595 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.094 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.0544, 48.1194, 83.4528)
Luminance	0.4812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C2E8 #E89A74

analogous

#74E8D4 #74C2E8 #7488E8

triadic

#74C2E8 #E874C2 #C2E874

tetradic

#74C2E8 #D474E8 #E89A74 #88E874

square

#74C2E8 #D474E8 #E89A74 #88E874

split-complementary

#74C2E8 #E87488 #E8D474

monochromatic

#208DC2 #3FABDF #74C2E8 #A9D9F1 #DDF0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#74C2E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#74C2E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C2E8

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C2E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C2E8	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC0EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB3E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33CDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c2e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 194, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.094 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d4ef',
    500: '#74c2e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c2e8;
$custom-light: #a3d4ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c2e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.655,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77791,
    "c": 0.09422,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C2E8

secondary

#EDD6CA

accent

#5112D4

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C2E8

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

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