#74C8FF#74C8FF

#74C8FF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.113 H 239.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C8FF
RGB	rgb(116, 200, 255)
HSL	hsl(204, 100%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(204, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 21.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.42, -10.40, -34.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.42, 36.30, 253.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% -0.0583 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.113 239)
XYZ	xyz(45.9001, 52.2376, 102.2524)
Luminance	0.5224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C8FF #FFAB74

analogous

#74FFF0 #74C8FF #7482FF

triadic

#74C8FF #FF74C8 #C8FF74

tetradic

#74C8FF #F074FF #FFAB74 #82FF74

square

#74C8FF #F074FF #FFAB74 #82FF74

split-complementary

#74C8FF #FF7482 #FFF074

monochromatic

#0096F9 #37B0FF #74C8FF #B1E0FF #E0F3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#74C8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#74C8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C8FF

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C8FF	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB9FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 200, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.113 239.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d8ff',
    500: '#74c8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c8ff;
$custom-light: #a5d8ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.741,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80074,
    "c": 0.11332,
    "h": 239
  },
  "luminance": 0.52242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C8FF

secondary

#DC7B3B

accent

#5B00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101418

muted

#818386

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C8FF

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

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