#74C5D8#74C5D8

#74C5D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.084 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C5D8
RGB	rgb(116, 197, 216)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(191, 46%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 8.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -19.80, -17.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 26.23, 220.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.0689 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.084 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5587, 48.6003, 72.2486)
Luminance	0.4860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C5D8 #D88774

analogous

#74D8B9 #74C5D8 #7493D8

triadic

#74C5D8 #D874C5 #C5D874

tetradic

#74C5D8 #B974D8 #D88774 #93D874

square

#74C5D8 #B974D8 #D88774 #93D874

split-complementary

#74C5D8 #D87493 #D8B974

monochromatic

#2E8DA4 #44B1CB #74C5D8 #A4D9E5 #D4EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#74C5D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#74C5D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C5D8

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C5D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C5D8	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C0D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B4D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41CDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 197, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.084 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d6e4',
    500: '#74c5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c5d8;
$custom-light: #a2d6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.4,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77851,
    "c": 0.08368,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C5D8

secondary

#E5C9C3

accent

#4122C4

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C5D8

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

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