#74C4FA#74C4FA

#74C4FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.110 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C4FA
RGB	rgb(116, 196, 250)
HSL	hsl(204, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(204, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 21.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, -9.74, -34.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 35.47, 254.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% -0.0556 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.11 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.1914, 50.0912, 97.7637)
Luminance	0.5010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C4FA #FAAA74

analogous

#74FAED #74C4FA #7481FA

triadic

#74C4FA #FA74C4 #C4FA74

tetradic

#74C4FA #ED74FA #FAAA74 #81FA74

square

#74C4FA #ED74FA #FAAA74 #81FA74

split-complementary

#74C4FA #FA7481 #FAED74

monochromatic

#0890EB #39ABF8 #74C4FA #AFDDFC #E1F2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#74C4FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#74C4FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C4FA

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C4FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C4FA	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC4FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB6F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12D2D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c4fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 196, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.110 239.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d5fc',
    500: '#74c4fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c4fa;
$custom-light: #a4d5fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c4fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.179,
    "s": 93.056,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78983,
    "c": 0.11029,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C4FA

secondary

#D67A3C

accent

#5C00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C4FA

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

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