#74C8DF#74C8DF

#74C8DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.088 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C8DF
RGB	rgb(116, 200, 223)
HSL	hsl(193, 63%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(193, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 10.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, -19.45, -19.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 27.43, 224.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% -0.0697 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.088 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1710, 50.3459, 77.3459)
Luminance	0.5035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C8DF #DF8B74

analogous

#74DFC1 #74C8DF #7493DF

triadic

#74C8DF #DF74C8 #C8DF74

tetradic

#74C8DF #C174DF #DF8B74 #93DF74

square

#74C8DF #C174DF #DF8B74 #93DF74

split-complementary

#74C8DF #DF7493 #DFC174

monochromatic

#2993B0 #42B4D4 #74C8DF #A6DCEA #D7EFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#74C8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#74C8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C8DF

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C8DF	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B7DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BD0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 200, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.088 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d8e9',
    500: '#74c8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c8df;
$custom-light: #a2d8e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.897,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78788,
    "c": 0.08782,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C8DF

secondary

#B25D45

accent

#411BCA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101416

muted

#808384

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C8DF

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

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