#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
RGBrgb(116, 195, 221)
HSLhsl(195, 61%, 66%)
HSVhsv(195, 48%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(47.5%, 11.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(74.80, -17.42, -20.51)
CIE-LCHlch(74.80, 26.91, 229.65°)
OKLaboklab(77.58% -0.0647 -0.0567)
OKLCHoklch(77.58% 0.086 221.2)
XYZxyz(39.7639, 47.9605, 75.5545)
Luminance0.4796 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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
##74C3DD1.001.9810.5910.59
#FFFFFF1.981.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5921.001.001.00
##00000010.5921.001.001.00

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

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#74C3DD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva