#74C8D9#74C8D9

#74C8D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.085 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C8D9
RGB	rgb(116, 200, 217)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(190, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, -21.06, -16.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 26.69, 217.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% -0.072 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.085 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3764, 50.0281, 73.1609)
Luminance	0.5003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C8D9 #D98574

analogous

#74D9B7 #74C8D9 #7495D9

triadic

#74C8D9 #D974C8 #C8D974

tetradic

#74C8D9 #B774D9 #D98574 #95D974

square

#74C8D9 #B774D9 #D98574 #95D974

split-complementary

#74C8D9 #D97495 #D9B774

monochromatic

#2D91A5 #44B5CC #74C8D9 #A4DBE6 #D4EEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#74C8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#74C8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C8D9

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C8D9	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)

#BAC3DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB6D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 200, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.085 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d9e4',
    500: '#74c8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c8d9;
$custom-light: #a2d9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.099,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78568,
    "c": 0.08505,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C8D9

secondary

#A95948

accent

#3C21C5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#0F1415

muted

#808384

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C8D9

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

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