#74C8EF#74C8EF

#74C8EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.099 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C8EF
RGB	rgb(116, 200, 239)
HSL	hsl(199, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(199, 51%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 16.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, -15.02, -27.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 31.00, 241.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% -0.0638 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.099 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.4309, 51.2499, 89.2481)
Luminance	0.5125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C8EF #EF9B74

analogous

#74EFD8 #74C8EF #748BEF

triadic

#74C8EF #EF74C8 #C8EF74

tetradic

#74C8EF #D874EF #EF9B74 #8BEF74

square

#74C8EF #D874EF #EF9B74 #8BEF74

split-complementary

#74C8EF #EF748B #EFD874

monochromatic

#1896D1 #3DB2E9 #74C8EF #ABDEF5 #E2F3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#74C8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#74C8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C8EF

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C8EF	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B8EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27D3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 200, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.099 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d8f4',
    500: '#74c8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c8ef;
$custom-light: #a4d8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.024,
    "s": 79.355,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79408,
    "c": 0.09871,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C8EF

secondary

#C86B3F

accent

#4C0ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C8EF

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →