#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
RGB	rgb(116, 194, 233)
HSL	hsl(200, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(200, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 16.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -13.57, -26.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 30.03, 243.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.0592 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.095 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1968, 48.1764, 84.2030)
Luminance	0.4818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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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
##74C2E9	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #74C2E9

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

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