#74C2EA#74C2EA

#74C2EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.096 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74C2EA
RGBrgb(116, 194, 234)
HSLhsl(200, 74%, 69%)
HSVhsv(200, 50%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(50.4%, 17.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LABlab(74.97, -13.29, -27.28)
CIE-LCHlch(74.97, 30.34, 244.03°)
OKLaboklab(77.87% -0.0588 -0.0758)
OKLCHoklch(77.87% 0.096 232.2)
XYZxyz(41.3401, 48.2337, 84.9575)
Luminance0.4824 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74C2EA #EA9C74
analogous
#74EAD7 #74C2EA #7487EA
triadic
#74C2EA #EA74C2 #C2EA74
tetradic
#74C2EA #D774EA #EA9C74 #87EA74
square
#74C2EA #D774EA #EA9C74 #87EA74
split-complementary
#74C2EA #EA7487 #EAD774
monochromatic
#1E8DC6 #3FABE2 #74C2EA #A9D9F2 #DEF1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97
#74C2EA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65
#74C2EA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C2EA
10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74C2EA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##74C2EA1.001.9710.6510.65
#FFFFFF1.971.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6521.001.001.00
##00000010.6521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AEC0EC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9EB3E9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#31CDCF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74c2ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 194, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.096 232.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d4f0',
    500: '#74c2ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74c2ea;
$custom-light: #a3d4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74c2ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.339,
    "s": 73.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77872,
    "c": 0.09593,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74C2EA
secondary
#EFD7CB
accent
#5310D6
background
#FAFDFE
surface
#F4FAFD
border
#CED3D5
text
#101416
muted
#7F8384

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#74C2EA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva