#74C4E6#74C4E6

#74C4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.092 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C4E6
RGB	rgb(116, 196, 230)
HSL	hsl(198, 70%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(198, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 14.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.39, -15.46, -24.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.39, 28.95, 237.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.0625 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.092 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.2200, 48.9027, 82.1146)
Luminance	0.4891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C4E6 #E69674

analogous

#74E6CF #74C4E6 #748BE6

triadic

#74C4E6 #E674C4 #C4E674

tetradic

#74C4E6 #CF74E6 #E69674 #8BE674

square

#74C4E6 #CF74E6 #E69674 #8BE674

split-complementary

#74C4E6 #E6748B #E6CF74

monochromatic

#228FBE #40AEDD #74C4E6 #A8DAEF #DCF0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#74C4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#74C4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C4E6

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C4E6	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C1E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B4E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 196, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.092 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d6ee',
    500: '#74c4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c4e6;
$custom-light: #a3d6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.895,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78157,
    "c": 0.09226,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C4E6

secondary

#ECD4C9

accent

#4D14D1

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C4E6

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

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