#74C5EE#74C5EE

#74C5EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.099 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C5EE
RGB	rgb(116, 197, 238)
HSL	hsl(200, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(200, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 17.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, -13.73, -27.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 31.12, 243.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% -0.0608 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.099 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.5956, 49.8150, 88.2429)
Luminance	0.4982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C5EE #EE9D74

analogous

#74EEDA #74C5EE #7488EE

triadic

#74C5EE #EE74C5 #C5EE74

tetradic

#74C5EE #DA74EE #EE9D74 #88EE74

square

#74C5EE #DA74EE #EE9D74 #88EE74

split-complementary

#74C5EE #EE7488 #EEDA74

monochromatic

#1991CE #3DAEE7 #74C5EE #ABDCF5 #E1F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#74C5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#74C5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C5EE

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C5EE	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AD0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 197, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.099 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d6f3',
    500: '#74c5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c5ee;
$custom-light: #a3d6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.164,
    "s": 78.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78701,
    "c": 0.09858,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C5EE

secondary

#F0D9CD

accent

#510BDA

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C5EE

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

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