#74C4ED#74C4ED

#74C4ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.098 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74C4ED
RGBrgb(116, 196, 237)
HSLhsl(200, 77%, 69%)
HSVhsv(200, 51%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(51.1%, 17.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(75.64, -13.49, -27.87)
CIE-LCHlch(75.64, 30.96, 244.17°)
OKLaboklab(78.44% -0.06 -0.0774)
OKLCHoklch(78.44% 0.098 232.2)
XYZxyz(42.2228, 49.3038, 87.3959)
Luminance0.4931 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74C4ED #ED9D74
analogous
#74EDDA #74C4ED #7488ED
triadic
#74C4ED #ED74C4 #C4ED74
tetradic
#74C4ED #DA74ED #ED9D74 #88ED74
square
#74C4ED #DA74ED #ED9D74 #88ED74
split-complementary
#74C4ED #ED7488 #EDDA74
monochromatic
#1A90CC #3EADE6 #74C4ED #AADBF4 #E0F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93
#74C4ED on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86
#74C4ED on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C4ED
10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74C4ED#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##74C4ED1.001.9310.8610.86
#FFFFFF1.931.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8621.001.001.00
##00000010.8621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B0C2EF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9FB5EC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#2CCFD1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74c4ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 196, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.098 232.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d5f3',
    500: '#74c4ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74c4ed;
$custom-light: #a3d5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74c4ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.331,
    "s": 77.07,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78438,
    "c": 0.09798,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74C4ED
secondary
#F0D9CD
accent
#520CD9
background
#FAFDFE
surface
#F4FAFD
border
#CED3D5
text
#101417
muted
#7F8385

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#74C4ED Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva