#74C4E4#74C4E4

#74C4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.091 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C4E4
RGB	rgb(116, 196, 228)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(197, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 14%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.32, -16.02, -23.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.32, 28.44, 235.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% -0.0633 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.091 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.9408, 48.7910, 80.6439)
Luminance	0.4879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C4E4 #E49474

analogous

#74E4CC #74C4E4 #748CE4

triadic

#74C4E4 #E474C4 #C4E474

tetradic

#74C4E4 #CC74E4 #E49474 #8CE474

square

#74C4E4 #CC74E4 #E49474 #8CE474

split-complementary

#74C4E4 #E4748C #E4CC74

monochromatic

#248FBA #41AEDA #74C4E4 #A7DAEE #DAF0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#74C4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#74C4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C4E4

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C4E4	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C1E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B4E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37CECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 196, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.091 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d6ec',
    500: '#74c4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c4e4;
$custom-light: #a2d6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78079,
    "c": 0.09077,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C4E4

secondary

#EBD2C8

accent

#4B16CF

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C4E4

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

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