#74C8EE#74C8EE

#74C8EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.098 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C8EE
RGB	rgb(116, 200, 238)
HSL	hsl(199, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(199, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 16%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -15.30, -26.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 30.72, 240.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% -0.0641 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.098 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.2836, 51.1910, 88.4723)
Luminance	0.5120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C8EE #EE9A74

analogous

#74EED7 #74C8EE #748BEE

triadic

#74C8EE #EE74C8 #C8EE74

tetradic

#74C8EE #D774EE #EE9A74 #8BEE74

square

#74C8EE #D774EE #EE9A74 #8BEE74

split-complementary

#74C8EE #EE748B #EED774

monochromatic

#1996CE #3DB2E7 #74C8EE #ABDEF5 #E1F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#74C8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#74C8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C8EE

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C8EE	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B8EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29D3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 200, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.098 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d8f3',
    500: '#74c8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c8ee;
$custom-light: #a3d8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.689,
    "s": 78.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79368,
    "c": 0.0979,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C8EE

secondary

#C76A3F

accent

#4C0BDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C8EE

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

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