#74C6EA#74C6EA

#74C6EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.095 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C6EA
RGB	rgb(116, 198, 234)
HSL	hsl(198, 74%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(198, 50%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 15.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, -15.38, -25.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 29.83, 238.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% -0.0633 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.095 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.2423, 50.0382, 85.2582)
Luminance	0.5004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C6EA #EA9874

analogous

#74EAD3 #74C6EA #748BEA

triadic

#74C6EA #EA74C6 #C6EA74

tetradic

#74C6EA #D374EA #EA9874 #8BEA74

square

#74C6EA #D374EA #EA9874 #8BEA74

split-complementary

#74C6EA #EA748B #EAD374

monochromatic

#1E93C6 #3FB0E2 #74C6EA #A9DCF2 #DEF2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#74C6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#74C6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C6EA

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C6EA	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C3EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FD0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 198, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.095 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d7f0',
    500: '#74c6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c6ea;
$custom-light: #a3d7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.305,
    "s": 73.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78762,
    "c": 0.09508,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C6EA

secondary

#C26840

accent

#4C10D6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C6EA

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

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