#74C8FE#74C8FE

#74C8FE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.112 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C8FE
RGB	rgb(116, 200, 254)
HSL	hsl(203, 99%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(203, 54%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 21.3%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, -10.70, -34.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 35.94, 252.68°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.0586 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.112 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7395, 52.1733, 101.4068)
Luminance	0.5218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C8FE #FEAA74

analogous

#74FEEF #74C8FE #7483FE

triadic

#74C8FE #FE74C8 #C8FE74

tetradic

#74C8FE #EF74FE #FEAA74 #83FE74

square

#74C8FE #EF74FE #FEAA74 #83FE74

split-complementary

#74C8FE #FE7483 #FEEF74

monochromatic

#0296F6 #37B0FE #74C8FE #B1E0FE #E1F3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#74C8FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#74C8FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C8FE

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C8FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C8FE	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB9FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c8fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 200, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.112 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d8ff',
    500: '#74c8fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c8fe;
$custom-light: #a5d8ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c8fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.478,
    "s": 98.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80031,
    "c": 0.11233,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C8FE

secondary

#DB7A3B

accent

#5A00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101418

muted

#818386

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C8FE

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

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