#74C4EF#74C4EF

#74C4EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.100 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C4EF
RGB	rgb(116, 196, 239)
HSL	hsl(201, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(201, 51%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 18%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.71, -12.92, -28.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.71, 31.60, 245.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% -0.0593 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.1 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.5166, 49.4213, 88.9434)
Luminance	0.4943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C4EF #EF9F74

analogous

#74EFDD #74C4EF #7486EF

triadic

#74C4EF #EF74C4 #C4EF74

tetradic

#74C4EF #DD74EF #EF9F74 #86EF74

square

#74C4EF #DD74EF #EF9F74 #86EF74

split-complementary

#74C4EF #EF7486 #EFDD74

monochromatic

#1890D1 #3DADE9 #74C4EF #ABDBF5 #E2F3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#74C4EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#74C4EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C4EF

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C4EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C4EF	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29D0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 196, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.100 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d5f4',
    500: '#74c4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c4ef;
$custom-light: #a3d5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.976,
    "s": 79.355,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7852,
    "c": 0.09975,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C4EF

secondary

#F1DACE

accent

#530ADC

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C4EF

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

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