#74C4E2#74C4E2

#74C4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.089 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C4E2
RGB	rgb(116, 196, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(196, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 13.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -16.57, -22.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 27.97, 233.67°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.064 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.089 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.6648, 48.6806, 79.1902)
Luminance	0.4868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C4E2 #E29274

analogous

#74E2C9 #74C4E2 #748DE2

triadic

#74C4E2 #E274C4 #C4E274

tetradic

#74C4E2 #C974E2 #E29274 #8DE274

square

#74C4E2 #C974E2 #E29274 #8DE274

split-complementary

#74C4E2 #E2748D #E2C974

monochromatic

#268EB6 #41AFD7 #74C4E2 #A7D9ED #D9EFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#74C4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#74C4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C4E2

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C4E2	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C0E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B4E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39CDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 196, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.089 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d6eb',
    500: '#74c4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c4e2;
$custom-light: #a2d6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78001,
    "c": 0.08935,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C4E2

secondary

#EAD1C7

accent

#4A18CD

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C4E2

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

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