#74C8F6#74C8F6

#74C8F6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.105 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C8F6
RGB	rgb(116, 200, 246)
HSL	hsl(201, 88%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(201, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 18.7%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, -13.02, -30.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 33.15, 246.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.0613 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.105 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.4851, 51.6716, 94.8003)
Luminance	0.5168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C8F6 #F6A274

analogous

#74F6E3 #74C8F6 #7487F6

triadic

#74C8F6 #F674C8 #C8F674

tetradic

#74C8F6 #E374F6 #F6A274 #87F674

square

#74C8F6 #E374F6 #F6A274 #87F674

split-complementary

#74C8F6 #F67487 #F6E374

monochromatic

#0F97E1 #3BB1F2 #74C8F6 #ADDFFA #E2F4FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#74C8F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#74C8F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C8F6

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C8F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C8F6	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C6F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B8F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AD4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c8f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 200, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.105 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d8f9',
    500: '#74c8f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c8f6;
$custom-light: #a4d8f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c8f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.231,
    "s": 87.838,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79693,
    "c": 0.10474,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C8F6

secondary

#D1723D

accent

#5201E4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C8F6

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

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