#74C8DC#74C8DC

#74C8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.086 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C8DC
RGB	rgb(116, 200, 220)
HSL	hsl(192, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(192, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 9.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, -20.26, -17.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 27.02, 221.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.0709 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.086 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.7701, 50.1856, 75.2346)
Luminance	0.5019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C8DC #DC8874

analogous

#74DCBC #74C8DC #7494DC

triadic

#74C8DC #DC74C8 #C8DC74

tetradic

#74C8DC #BC74DC #DC8874 #94DC74

square

#74C8DC #BC74DC #DC8874 #94DC74

split-complementary

#74C8DC #DC7494 #DCBC74

monochromatic

#2B92AB #43B5D0 #74C8DC #A5DBE8 #D6EFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#74C8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#74C8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C8DC

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C8DC	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C3DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DD0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 200, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.086 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d8e6',
    500: '#74c8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c8dc;
$custom-light: #a2d8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.538,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78677,
    "c": 0.08633,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C8DC

secondary

#AD5B47

accent

#3F1EC7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#808384

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C8DC

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

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