#74C4E8#74C4E8

#74C4E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.094 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C4E8
RGB	rgb(116, 196, 232)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(199, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 15.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.46, -14.90, -25.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.46, 29.49, 239.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.0618 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.094 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5025, 49.0157, 83.6022)
Luminance	0.4902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C4E8 #E89874

analogous

#74E8D2 #74C4E8 #748AE8

triadic

#74C4E8 #E874C4 #C4E874

tetradic

#74C4E8 #D274E8 #E89874 #8AE874

square

#74C4E8 #D274E8 #E89874 #8AE874

split-complementary

#74C4E8 #E8748A #E8D274

monochromatic

#208FC2 #3FAEDF #74C4E8 #A9DAF1 #DDF1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#74C4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#74C4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C4E8

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C4E8	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C1EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B4E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33CED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 196, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.094 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d5ef',
    500: '#74c4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c4e8;
$custom-light: #a3d5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.621,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78237,
    "c": 0.09383,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C4E8

secondary

#EDD5CA

accent

#4E12D4

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C4E8

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

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