#74C4E3#74C4E3

#74C4E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.090 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C4E3
RGB	rgb(116, 196, 227)
HSL	hsl(197, 66%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(197, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 13.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.29, -16.29, -23.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.29, 28.20, 234.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.0636 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.09 225)
XYZ	xyz(40.8024, 48.7356, 79.9149)
Luminance	0.4874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C4E3 #E39374

analogous

#74E3CB #74C4E3 #748CE3

triadic

#74C4E3 #E374C4 #C4E374

tetradic

#74C4E3 #CB74E3 #E39374 #8CE374

square

#74C4E3 #CB74E3 #E39374 #8CE374

split-complementary

#74C4E3 #E3748C #E3CB74

monochromatic

#258FB8 #41AED9 #74C4E3 #A7DAED #DAEFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#74C4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#74C4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C4E3

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C4E3	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C1E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B4E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38CDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 196, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.090 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d6eb',
    500: '#74c4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c4e3;
$custom-light: #a2d6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.757,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7804,
    "c": 0.09005,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.48739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C4E3

secondary

#EBD2C8

accent

#4A17CE

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C4E3

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

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