#74C8ED#74C8ED

#74C8ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.097 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C8ED
RGB	rgb(116, 200, 237)
HSL	hsl(198, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(198, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 15.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.76, -15.58, -26.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.76, 30.44, 239.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.0645 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.097 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.1371, 51.1324, 87.7007)
Luminance	0.5114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C8ED #ED9974

analogous

#74EDD6 #74C8ED #748CED

triadic

#74C8ED #ED74C8 #C8ED74

tetradic

#74C8ED #D674ED #ED9974 #8CED74

square

#74C8ED #D674ED #ED9974 #8CED74

split-complementary

#74C8ED #ED748C #EDD674

monochromatic

#1A96CC #3EB3E6 #74C8ED #AADDF4 #E0F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#74C8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#74C8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C8ED

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C8ED	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AD3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 200, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.097 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d8f3',
    500: '#74c8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c8ed;
$custom-light: #a3d8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.347,
    "s": 77.07,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79328,
    "c": 0.09711,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C8ED

secondary

#C6693F

accent

#4B0CD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C8ED

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

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