#74C8DA#74C8DA

#74C8DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.085 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C8DA
RGB	rgb(116, 200, 218)
HSL	hsl(191, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(191, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 8.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, -20.79, -16.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 26.79, 219.10°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.0716 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.085 213)
XYZ	xyz(40.5068, 50.0803, 73.8480)
Luminance	0.5008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C8DA #DA8674

analogous

#74DAB9 #74C8DA #7495DA

triadic

#74C8DA #DA74C8 #C8DA74

tetradic

#74C8DA #B974DA #DA8674 #95DA74

square

#74C8DA #B974DA #DA8674 #95DA74

split-complementary

#74C8DA #DA7495 #DAB974

monochromatic

#2C91A7 #44B5CD #74C8DA #A4DBE7 #D5EEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#74C8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#74C8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C8DA

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C8DA	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC3DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB6DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FD0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 200, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.085 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d8e5',
    500: '#74c8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c8da;
$custom-light: #a2d8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78604,
    "c": 0.08544,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.50084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C8DA

secondary

#AA5948

accent

#3D20C6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#0F1415

muted

#808384

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C8DA

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

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