#74C9FC#74C9FC

#74C9FC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.110 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C9FC
RGB	rgb(116, 201, 252)
HSL	hsl(203, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(203, 54%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 20.2%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, -11.81, -32.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 34.98, 250.27°)
OKLab	oklab(80.16% -0.0604 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(80.16% 0.11 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.6533, 52.5106, 99.8063)
Luminance	0.5252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C9FC #FCA774

analogous

#74FCEB #74C9FC #7485FC

triadic

#74C9FC #FC74C9 #C9FC74

tetradic

#74C9FC #EB74FC #FCA774 #85FC74

square

#74C9FC #EB74FC #FCA774 #85FC74

split-complementary

#74C9FC #FC7485 #FCEB74

monochromatic

#0598F0 #38B2FB #74C9FC #B0E0FD #E1F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#74C9FC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#74C9FC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C9FC

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C9FC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C9FC	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C8FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB9FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01D6DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c9fc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 201, 252);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.110 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d9fd',
    500: '#74c9fc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c9fc;
$custom-light: #a5d9fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c9fc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 252
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 95.775,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80165,
    "c": 0.10993,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C9FC

secondary

#D8773C

accent

#5600E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C9FC

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

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