#74C2EB#74C2EB

#74C2EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.097 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C2EB
RGB	rgb(116, 194, 235)
HSL	hsl(201, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(201, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 17.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -13.01, -27.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 30.66, 244.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.0585 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.097 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.4841, 48.2914, 85.7162)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C2EB #EB9D74

analogous

#74EBD9 #74C2EB #7487EB

triadic

#74C2EB #EB74C2 #C2EB74

tetradic

#74C2EB #D974EB #EB9D74 #87EB74

square

#74C2EB #D974EB #EB9D74 #87EB74

split-complementary

#74C2EB #EB7487 #EBD974

monochromatic

#1D8DC8 #3EABE3 #74C2EB #AAD9F3 #DFF1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#74C2EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#74C2EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C2EB

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C2EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C2EB	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC0ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30CDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c2eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 194, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.097 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d4f1',
    500: '#74c2eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c2eb;
$custom-light: #a3d4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c2eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.672,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77912,
    "c": 0.0968,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C2EB

secondary

#EFD8CC

accent

#540FD7

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C2EB

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

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