#74C8F8#74C8F8

#74C8F8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.107 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C8F8
RGB	rgb(116, 200, 248)
HSL	hsl(202, 90%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(202, 53%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 19.4%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, -12.44, -31.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 33.82, 248.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% -0.0606 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.107 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.7938, 51.7950, 96.4256)
Luminance	0.5180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C8F8 #F8A474

analogous

#74F8E6 #74C8F8 #7486F8

triadic

#74C8F8 #F874C8 #C8F874

tetradic

#74C8F8 #E674F8 #F8A474 #86F874

square

#74C8F8 #E674F8 #F8A474 #86F874

split-complementary

#74C8F8 #F87486 #F8E674

monochromatic

#0C97E6 #3AB1F5 #74C8F8 #AEDFFB #E2F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#74C8F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#74C8F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C8F8

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C8F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C8F8	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C6FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB8F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14D5D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c8f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 200, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.107 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d8fa',
    500: '#74c8f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c8f8;
$custom-light: #a4d8fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c8f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 90.411,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79777,
    "c": 0.10657,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C8F8

secondary

#D3743D

accent

#5300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C8F8

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

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