#74C8EC#74C8EC

#74C8EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.096 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C8EC
RGB	rgb(116, 200, 236)
HSL	hsl(198, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(198, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 15.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, -15.86, -25.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 30.18, 238.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% -0.0649 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.096 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.9914, 51.0741, 86.9334)
Luminance	0.5108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C8EC #EC9874

analogous

#74ECD4 #74C8EC #748CEC

triadic

#74C8EC #EC74C8 #C8EC74

tetradic

#74C8EC #D474EC #EC9874 #8CEC74

square

#74C8EC #D474EC #EC9874 #8CEC74

split-complementary

#74C8EC #EC748C #ECD474

monochromatic

#1C96CA #3EB3E5 #74C8EC #AADDF3 #E0F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#74C8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#74C8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C8EC

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C8EC	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B8EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CD2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 200, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.096 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d8f2',
    500: '#74c8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c8ec;
$custom-light: #a3d8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79288,
    "c": 0.09634,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C8EC

secondary

#C56840

accent

#4A0DD8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C8EC

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

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