#74C8EA#74C8EA

#74C8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.095 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C8EA
RGB	rgb(116, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(197, 50%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.65, -16.42, -24.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.65, 29.66, 236.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.21% -0.0656 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(79.21% 0.095 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.7025, 50.9585, 85.4116)
Luminance	0.5096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C8EA #EA9674

analogous

#74EAD1 #74C8EA #748DEA

triadic

#74C8EA #EA74C8 #C8EA74

tetradic

#74C8EA #D174EA #EA9674 #8DEA74

square

#74C8EA #D174EA #EA9674 #8DEA74

split-complementary

#74C8EA #EA748D #EAD174

monochromatic

#1E95C6 #3FB3E2 #74C8EA #A9DDF2 #DEF2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#74C8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#74C8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C8EA

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C8EA	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C5EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2ED2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.095 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d8f0',
    500: '#74c8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c8ea;
$custom-light: #a3d8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.288,
    "s": 73.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79209,
    "c": 0.09483,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C8EA

secondary

#C26640

accent

#4910D6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C8EA

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

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