#74C4FE#74C4FE

#74C4FE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.114 H 241.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C4FE
RGB	rgb(116, 196, 254)
HSL	hsl(205, 99%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(205, 54%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 22.8%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, -8.57, -36.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 37.02, 256.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.0543 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.114 241.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.8253, 50.3448, 101.1020)
Luminance	0.5035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C4FE #FEAE74

analogous

#74FEF3 #74C4FE #747FFE

triadic

#74C4FE #FE74C4 #C4FE74

tetradic

#74C4FE #F374FE #FEAE74 #7FFE74

square

#74C4FE #F374FE #FEAE74 #7FFE74

split-complementary

#74C4FE #FE747F #FEF374

monochromatic

#028FF6 #37AAFE #74C4FE #B1DEFE #E1F2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#74C4FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#74C4FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C4FE

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C4FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C4FE	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAC4FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B6FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c4fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 196, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.114 241.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d5ff',
    500: '#74c4fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c4fe;
$custom-light: #a5d5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c4fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.217,
    "s": 98.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79157,
    "c": 0.11442,
    "h": 241.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C4FE

secondary

#DB7E3B

accent

#6000E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101418

muted

#818386

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C4FE

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

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