#74C8DB#74C8DB

#74C8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.086 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C8DB
RGB	rgb(116, 200, 219)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(191, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 8.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, -20.52, -17.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 26.90, 220.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% -0.0712 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.086 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.6381, 50.1328, 74.5392)
Luminance	0.5014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C8DB #DB8774

analogous

#74DBBA #74C8DB #7494DB

triadic

#74C8DB #DB74C8 #C8DB74

tetradic

#74C8DB #BA74DB #DB8774 #94DB74

square

#74C8DB #BA74DB #DB8774 #94DB74

split-complementary

#74C8DB #DB7494 #DBBA74

monochromatic

#2C92A9 #43B5CE #74C8DB #A5DBE8 #D5EEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#74C8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#74C8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C8DB

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C8DB	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC3DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3ED0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 200, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.086 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d8e6',
    500: '#74c8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c8db;
$custom-light: #a2d8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.068,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78641,
    "c": 0.08588,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C8DB

secondary

#AC5A48

accent

#3E1FC6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#0F1415

muted

#808384

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C8DB

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

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