#74C8EB#74C8EB

#74C8EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.096 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C8EB
RGB	rgb(116, 200, 235)
HSL	hsl(198, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(198, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 14.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -16.14, -25.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 29.92, 237.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.25% -0.0652 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(79.25% 0.096 227)
XYZ	xyz(42.8465, 51.0162, 86.1704)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C8EB #EB9774

analogous

#74EBD3 #74C8EB #748DEB

triadic

#74C8EB #EB74C8 #C8EB74

tetradic

#74C8EB #D374EB #EB9774 #8DEB74

square

#74C8EB #D374EB #EB9774 #8DEB74

split-complementary

#74C8EB #EB748D #EBD374

monochromatic

#1D96C8 #3EB3E3 #74C8EB #AADDF3 #DFF2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#74C8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#74C8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C8EB

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C8EB	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C5ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DD2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 200, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.096 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d8f1',
    500: '#74c8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c8eb;
$custom-light: #a3d8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79248,
    "c": 0.09558,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.5102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C8EB

secondary

#C36740

accent

#490FD7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C8EB

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

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