#74C5FC#74C5FC
#74C5FC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.112 H 239.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #74C5FC |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(116, 197, 252) |
| HSL | hsl(204, 96%, 72%) |
| HSV | hsv(204, 54%, 99%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(54%, 21.8%, 0%, 1.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.48, -9.69, -34.64) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(76.48, 35.97, 254.37°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.29% -0.056 -0.0968) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.29% 0.112 239.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(44.7330, 50.6700, 99.4995) |
| Luminance | 0.5067 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | cyan |
Closest named colors
Sky
#82CAFC
ΔE00 1.80
Lightblue (survey)
#7BC8F6
ΔE00 2.03
Lightskyblue
#87CEFA
ΔE00 3.21
Sky Blue (survey)
#75BBFD
ΔE00 4.01
Light Blue
#95D0FC
ΔE00 4.32
Baby Blue
#89CFF0
ΔE00 5.83
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#74C5FC #FCAB74
analogous
#74FCEF #74C5FC #7481FC
triadic
#74C5FC #FC74C5 #C5FC74
tetradic
#74C5FC #EF74FC #FCAB74 #81FC74
square
#74C5FC #EF74FC #FCAB74 #81FC74
split-complementary
#74C5FC #FC7481 #FCEF74
monochromatic
#0591F0 #38ACFB #74C5FC #B0DEFD #E1F3FE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.89
#74C5FC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.13
#74C5FC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #74C5FC
11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##74C5FC | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##74C5FC | 1.00 | 1.89 | 11.13 | 11.13 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.89 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.13 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.13 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#ACC5FF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9AB6FB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#08D3D7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BDBDBD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #74c5fc; /* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 197, 252); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.112 239.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#a5d6fd',
500: '#74c5fc',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #74c5fc; $custom-light: #a5d6fd; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#74c5fc",
"rgb": {
"r": 116,
"g": 197,
"b": 252
},
"hsl": {
"h": 204.265,
"s": 95.775,
"l": 72.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79288,
"c": 0.11181,
"h": 239.9
},
"luminance": 0.50674
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#74C5FC
secondary
#D87B3C
accent
#5D00E6
background
#FDFEFF
surface
#F7FBFF
border
#D0D4D7
text
#101417
muted
#818385