#74C5FF#74C5FF

#74C5FF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.115 H 241.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C5FF
RGB	rgb(116, 197, 255)
HSL	hsl(205, 100%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(205, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 22.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, -8.81, -36.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 37.12, 256.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0551 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.115 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.2121, 50.8616, 102.0230)
Luminance	0.5087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C5FF #FFAE74

analogous

#74FFF4 #74C5FF #747FFF

triadic

#74C5FF #FF74C5 #C5FF74

tetradic

#74C5FF #F474FF #FFAE74 #7FFF74

square

#74C5FF #F474FF #FFAE74 #7FFF74

split-complementary

#74C5FF #FF747F #FFF474

monochromatic

#0091F9 #37ABFF #74C5FF #B1DFFF #E0F2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#74C5FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#74C5FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C5FF

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C5FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C5FF	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABC5FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B7FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c5ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 197, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.115 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d6ff',
    500: '#74c5ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c5ff;
$custom-light: #a5d6ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c5ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.036,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79419,
    "c": 0.1149,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C5FF

secondary

#DC7E3B

accent

#6000E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101418

muted

#818386

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C5FF

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

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