#74C9FA#74C9FA

#74C9FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.108 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C9FA
RGB	rgb(116, 201, 250)
HSL	hsl(202, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(202, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 19.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.51, -12.39, -31.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.51, 34.29, 248.82°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% -0.0611 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.108 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.3380, 52.3845, 98.1459)
Luminance	0.5239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C9FA #FAA574

analogous

#74FAE8 #74C9FA #7486FA

triadic

#74C9FA #FA74C9 #C9FA74

tetradic

#74C9FA #E874FA #FAA574 #86FA74

square

#74C9FA #E874FA #FAA574 #86FA74

split-complementary

#74C9FA #FA7486 #FAE874

monochromatic

#0898EB #39B2F8 #74C9FA #AFE0FC #E1F4FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#74C9FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#74C9FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C9FA

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C9FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C9FA	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C7FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB9F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0CD6D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c9fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 201, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.108 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d9fc',
    500: '#74c9fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c9fa;
$custom-light: #a5d9fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c9fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.94,
    "s": 93.056,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80081,
    "c": 0.10804,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C9FA

secondary

#D6743C

accent

#5400E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C9FA

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

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