#74C8FD#74C8FD

#74C8FD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.111 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C8FD
RGB	rgb(116, 200, 253)
HSL	hsl(203, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(203, 54%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 20.9%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, -10.99, -33.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 35.57, 252.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% -0.059 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.111 238)
XYZ	xyz(45.5798, 52.1095, 100.5656)
Luminance	0.5211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C8FD #FDA974

analogous

#74FDEE #74C8FD #7483FD

triadic

#74C8FD #FD74C8 #C8FD74

tetradic

#74C8FD #EE74FD #FDA974 #83FD74

square

#74C8FD #EE74FD #FDA974 #83FD74

split-complementary

#74C8FD #FD7483 #FDEE74

monochromatic

#0396F3 #38B0FC #74C8FD #B0E0FE #E1F3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#74C8FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#74C8FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C8FD

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C8FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C8FD	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB9FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c8fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 200, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.111 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d8fe',
    500: '#74c8fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c8fd;
$custom-light: #a5d8fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c8fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.212,
    "s": 97.163,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79988,
    "c": 0.11134,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.52113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C8FD

secondary

#DA793B

accent

#5900E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C8FD

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

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