#74C3DB#74C3DB

#74C3DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.085 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C3DB
RGB	rgb(116, 195, 219)
HSL	hsl(194, 59%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(194, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 11%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -17.97, -19.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 26.54, 227.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% -0.0655 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.085 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4990, 47.8546, 74.1595)
Luminance	0.4786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C3DB #DB8C74

analogous

#74DBC0 #74C3DB #748FDB

triadic

#74C3DB #DB74C3 #C3DB74

tetradic

#74C3DB #C074DB #DB8C74 #8FDB74

square

#74C3DB #C074DB #DB8C74 #8FDB74

split-complementary

#74C3DB #DB748F #DBC074

monochromatic

#2C8CA9 #43AECE #74C3DB #A5D8E8 #D5EDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#74C3DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#74C3DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C3DB

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C3DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C3DB	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40CBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c3db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 195, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.085 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d5e6',
    500: '#74c3db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c3db;
$custom-light: #a2d5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c3db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.981,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77509,
    "c": 0.08483,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C3DB

secondary

#E7CCC4

accent

#461FC6

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFC

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C3DB

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

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