#74C8F9#74C8F9

#74C8F9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.107 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C8F9
RGB	rgb(116, 200, 249)
HSL	hsl(202, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(202, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 19.7%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.20, -12.15, -31.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.20, 34.16, 249.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.0603 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.108 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.9493, 51.8573, 97.2449)
Luminance	0.5186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C8F9 #F9A574

analogous

#74F9E7 #74C8F9 #7486F9

triadic

#74C8F9 #F974C8 #C8F974

tetradic

#74C8F9 #E774F9 #F9A574 #86F974

square

#74C8F9 #E774F9 #F9A574 #86F974

split-complementary

#74C8F9 #F97486 #F9E774

monochromatic

#0A97E9 #39B1F6 #74C8F9 #AFDFFC #E2F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#74C8F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#74C8F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C8F9

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C8F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C8F9	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C7FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB9F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11D5D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c8f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 200, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.107 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d8fb',
    500: '#74c8f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c8f9;
$custom-light: #a4d8fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c8f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.105,
    "s": 91.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79819,
    "c": 0.1075,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C8F9

secondary

#D5753D

accent

#5500E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C8F9

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

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