#74C7EF#74C7EF

#74C7EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.099 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C7EF
RGB	rgb(116, 199, 239)
HSL	hsl(200, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(200, 51%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, -14.49, -27.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 31.13, 242.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% -0.0627 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.099 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2001, 50.7882, 89.1712)
Luminance	0.5079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C7EF #EF9C74

analogous

#74EFD9 #74C7EF #748AEF

triadic

#74C7EF #EF74C7 #C7EF74

tetradic

#74C7EF #D974EF #EF9C74 #8AEF74

square

#74C7EF #D974EF #EF9C74 #8AEF74

split-complementary

#74C7EF #EF748A #EFD974

monochromatic

#1895D1 #3DB1E9 #74C7EF #ABDDF5 #E2F3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#74C7EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#74C7EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C7EF

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C7EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C7EF	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B7EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28D2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c7ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 199, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.099 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d8f4',
    500: '#74c7ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c7ef;
$custom-light: #a3d8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c7ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.512,
    "s": 79.355,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79185,
    "c": 0.09892,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C7EF

secondary

#C86C3F

accent

#4E0ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C7EF

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

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