#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
RGB	rgb(116, 196, 237)
HSL	hsl(200, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(200, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 17.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.64, -13.49, -27.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.64, 30.96, 244.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% -0.06 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.098 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.2228, 49.3038, 87.3959)
Luminance	0.4931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##74C4ED	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C4ED

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

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