#74C3FD#74C3FD

#74C3FD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.114 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C3FD
RGB	rgb(116, 195, 253)
HSL	hsl(205, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(205, 54%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 22.9%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, -8.33, -35.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 36.92, 256.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% -0.0535 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.114 242)
XYZ	xyz(44.4407, 49.8313, 100.1859)
Luminance	0.4984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C3FD #FDAE74

analogous

#74FDF2 #74C3FD #747FFD

triadic

#74C3FD #FD74C3 #C3FD74

tetradic

#74C3FD #F274FD #FDAE74 #7FFD74

square

#74C3FD #F274FD #FDAE74 #7FFD74

split-complementary

#74C3FD #FD747F #FDF274

monochromatic

#038EF3 #38A9FC #74C3FD #B0DDFE #E1F2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#74C3FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#74C3FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C3FD

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C3FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C3FD	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAC3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97B5FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06D1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c3fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 195, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.114 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d5fe',
    500: '#74c3fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c3fd;
$custom-light: #a5d5fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c3fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.401,
    "s": 97.163,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78895,
    "c": 0.11394,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.49835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C3FD

secondary

#F7E3D4

accent

#6100E6

background

#FAFDFF

surface

#F4FAFF

border

#CED3D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C3FD

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

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