#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
RGBrgb(116, 197, 238)
HSLhsl(200, 78%, 69%)
HSVhsv(200, 51%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(51.3%, 17.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(75.96, -13.73, -27.92)
CIE-LCHlch(75.96, 31.12, 243.82°)
OKLaboklab(78.7% -0.0608 -0.0776)
OKLCHoklch(78.7% 0.099 231.9)
XYZxyz(42.5956, 49.8150, 88.2429)
Luminance0.4982 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##74C5EE1.001.9210.9610.96
#FFFFFF1.921.0021.0021.00
#00000010.9621.001.001.00
##00000010.9621.001.001.00

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

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#74C5EE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva