#74C3DD#74C3DD

#74C3DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.086 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C3DD
RGB	rgb(116, 195, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(195, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 11.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -17.42, -20.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 26.91, 229.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% -0.0647 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.086 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.7639, 47.9605, 75.5545)
Luminance	0.4796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C3DD #DD8E74

analogous

#74DDC2 #74C3DD #748EDD

triadic

#74C3DD #DD74C3 #C3DD74

tetradic

#74C3DD #C274DD #DD8E74 #8EDD74

square

#74C3DD #C274DD #DD8E74 #8EDD74

split-complementary

#74C3DD #DD748E #DDC274

monochromatic

#2A8CAC #43AED1 #74C3DD #A5D8E9 #D6EDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#74C3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#74C3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C3DD

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C3DD	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3ECCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 195, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.086 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d5e7',
    500: '#74c3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c3dd;
$custom-light: #a2d5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77584,
    "c": 0.08603,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C3DD

secondary

#E8CEC5

accent

#481DC8

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFC

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C3DD

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

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