#74C5FA#74C5FA

#74C5FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.110 H 238.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C5FA
RGB	rgb(116, 197, 250)
HSL	hsl(204, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(204, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 21.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -10.27, -33.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 35.21, 253.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% -0.0567 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.11 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.4177, 50.5439, 97.8392)
Luminance	0.5055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C5FA #FAA974

analogous

#74FAEC #74C5FA #7482FA

triadic

#74C5FA #FA74C5 #C5FA74

tetradic

#74C5FA #EC74FA #FAA974 #82FA74

square

#74C5FA #EC74FA #FAA974 #82FA74

split-complementary

#74C5FA #FA7482 #FAEC74

monochromatic

#0891EB #39ACF8 #74C5FA #AFDEFC #E1F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#74C5FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#74C5FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C5FA

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C5FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C5FA	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC4FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB6F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11D2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c5fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 197, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.110 238.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d6fc',
    500: '#74c5fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c5fa;
$custom-light: #a4d6fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c5fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.731,
    "s": 93.056,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79202,
    "c": 0.1098,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C5FA

secondary

#D6793C

accent

#5B00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C5FA

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

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