#74C5F8#74C5F8

#74C5F8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.108 H 237.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C5F8
RGB	rgb(116, 197, 248)
HSL	hsl(203, 90%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(203, 53%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 20.6%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, -10.86, -32.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 34.48, 251.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.12% -0.0574 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(79.12% 0.108 237.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.1058, 50.4191, 96.1963)
Luminance	0.5042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C5F8 #F8A774

analogous

#74F8E9 #74C5F8 #7483F8

triadic

#74C5F8 #F874C5 #C5F874

tetradic

#74C5F8 #E974F8 #F8A774 #83F874

square

#74C5F8 #E974F8 #F8A774 #83F874

split-complementary

#74C5F8 #F87483 #F8E974

monochromatic

#0C92E6 #3AADF5 #74C5F8 #AEDDFB #E2F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#74C5F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#74C5F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C5F8

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C5F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C5F8	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC4FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB6F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17D2D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c5f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 197, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.108 237.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d6fa',
    500: '#74c5f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c5f8;
$custom-light: #a4d6fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c5f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.182,
    "s": 90.411,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79117,
    "c": 0.10781,
    "h": 237.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C5F8

secondary

#D3773D

accent

#5900E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C5F8

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

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