#74C2ED#74C2ED

#74C2ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.099 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C2ED
RGB	rgb(116, 194, 237)
HSL	hsl(201, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(201, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 18.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -12.44, -28.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 31.30, 246.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.0578 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.099 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7747, 48.4076, 87.2465)
Luminance	0.4841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C2ED #ED9F74

analogous

#74EDDB #74C2ED #7486ED

triadic

#74C2ED #ED74C2 #C2ED74

tetradic

#74C2ED #DB74ED #ED9F74 #86ED74

square

#74C2ED #DB74ED #ED9F74 #86ED74

split-complementary

#74C2ED #ED7486 #EDDB74

monochromatic

#1A8DCC #3EAAE6 #74C2ED #AADAF4 #E0F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#74C2ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#74C2ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C2ED

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C2ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C2ED	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DCDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c2ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 194, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.099 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d4f3',
    500: '#74c2ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c2ed;
$custom-light: #a3d4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c2ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.322,
    "s": 77.07,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77994,
    "c": 0.09859,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C2ED

secondary

#F0D9CD

accent

#550CD9

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C2ED

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

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