#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
RGBrgb(116, 200, 217)
HSLhsl(190, 57%, 65%)
HSVhsv(190, 47%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(46.5%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(76.09, -21.06, -16.40)
CIE-LCHlch(76.09, 26.69, 217.92°)
OKLaboklab(78.57% -0.072 -0.0452)
OKLCHoklch(78.57% 0.085 212.1)
XYZxyz(40.3764, 50.0281, 73.1609)
Luminance0.5003 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##74C8D91.001.9111.0111.01
#FFFFFF1.911.0021.0021.00
#00000011.0121.001.001.00
##00000011.0121.001.001.00

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

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#74C8D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva