#74C2E9#74C2E9

#74C2E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.095 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74C2E9
RGBrgb(116, 194, 233)
HSLhsl(200, 73%, 68%)
HSVhsv(200, 50%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(50.2%, 16.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(74.94, -13.57, -26.79)
CIE-LCHlch(74.94, 30.03, 243.14°)
OKLaboklab(77.83% -0.0592 -0.0744)
OKLCHoklch(77.83% 0.095 231.5)
XYZxyz(41.1968, 48.1764, 84.2030)
Luminance0.4818 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74C2E9 #E99B74
analogous
#74E9D5 #74C2E9 #7487E9
triadic
#74C2E9 #E974C2 #C2E974
tetradic
#74C2E9 #D574E9 #E99B74 #87E974
square
#74C2E9 #D574E9 #E99B74 #87E974
split-complementary
#74C2E9 #E97487 #E9D574
monochromatic
#1F8DC4 #3FABE1 #74C2E9 #A9D9F1 #DEF0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97
#74C2E9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64
#74C2E9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C2E9
10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74C2E9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##74C2E91.001.9710.6410.64
#FFFFFF1.971.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6421.001.001.00
##00000010.6421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AFC0EB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9EB3E8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#32CDCF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74c2e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 194, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.095 231.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d4f0',
    500: '#74c2e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74c2e9;
$custom-light: #a3d4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74c2e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77831,
    "c": 0.09506,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74C2E9
secondary
#EED7CB
accent
#5211D5
background
#FAFDFE
surface
#F4FAFD
border
#CED3D5
text
#101416
muted
#7F8384

Preview Lab

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#74C2E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva