#74C4E7#74C4E7

#74C4E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.093 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C4E7
RGB	rgb(116, 196, 231)
HSL	hsl(198, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(198, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 15.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.43, -15.18, -24.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.43, 29.22, 238.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.0622 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.093 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3609, 48.9590, 82.8563)
Luminance	0.4896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C4E7 #E79774

analogous

#74E7D0 #74C4E7 #748AE7

triadic

#74C4E7 #E774C4 #C4E774

tetradic

#74C4E7 #D074E7 #E79774 #8AE774

square

#74C4E7 #D074E7 #E79774 #8AE774

split-complementary

#74C4E7 #E7748A #E7D074

monochromatic

#218FC0 #40AEDE #74C4E7 #A8DAF0 #DCF0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#74C4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#74C4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C4E7

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C4E7	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C1E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B4E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 196, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.093 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d5ee',
    500: '#74c4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c4e7;
$custom-light: #a3d5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.261,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78197,
    "c": 0.09304,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C4E7

secondary

#EDD5CA

accent

#4D13D3

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C4E7

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

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