#74C4E9#74C4E9

#74C4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.095 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C4E9
RGB	rgb(116, 196, 233)
HSL	hsl(199, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(199, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.50, -14.62, -25.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.50, 29.77, 240.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% -0.0614 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.095 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6449, 49.0726, 84.3524)
Luminance	0.4908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C4E9 #E99974

analogous

#74E9D3 #74C4E9 #7489E9

triadic

#74C4E9 #E974C4 #C4E974

tetradic

#74C4E9 #D374E9 #E99974 #89E974

square

#74C4E9 #D374E9 #E99974 #89E974

split-complementary

#74C4E9 #E97489 #E9D374

monochromatic

#1F90C4 #3FAEE1 #74C4E9 #A9DAF1 #DEF1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#74C4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#74C4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C4E9

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C4E9	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31CED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 196, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.095 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d5f0',
    500: '#74c4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c4e9;
$custom-light: #a3d5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.974,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78276,
    "c": 0.09463,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C4E9

secondary

#EED6CB

accent

#4F11D5

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C4E9

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

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