#74C8E0#74C8E0

#74C8E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.088 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C8E0
RGB	rgb(116, 200, 224)
HSL	hsl(193, 64%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(193, 48%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 10.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.31, -19.18, -19.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.31, 27.59, 225.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.0693 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.088 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.3062, 50.4000, 78.0580)
Luminance	0.5040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C8E0 #E08C74

analogous

#74E0C2 #74C8E0 #7492E0

triadic

#74C8E0 #E074C8 #C8E074

tetradic

#74C8E0 #C274E0 #E08C74 #92E074

square

#74C8E0 #C274E0 #E08C74 #92E074

split-complementary

#74C8E0 #E07492 #E0C274

monochromatic

#2893B2 #42B4D5 #74C8E0 #A6DCEB #D8F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#74C8E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#74C8E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C8E0

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C8E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C8E0	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C3E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B7E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AD0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c8e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 200, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.088 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d8e9',
    500: '#74c8e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c8e0;
$custom-light: #a2d8e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c8e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78826,
    "c": 0.08836,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C8E0

secondary

#B35D45

accent

#421ACB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFD

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101416

muted

#808384

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C8E0

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

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