#74C9FE#74C9FE

#74C9FE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.112 H 237.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C9FE
RGB	rgb(116, 201, 254)
HSL	hsl(203, 99%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(203, 54%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 20.9%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.66, -11.23, -33.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.66, 35.69, 251.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.0597 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.112 237.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.9719, 52.6381, 101.4842)
Luminance	0.5264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C9FE #FEA974

analogous

#74FEEE #74C9FE #7484FE

triadic

#74C9FE #FE74C9 #C9FE74

tetradic

#74C9FE #EE74FE #FEA974 #84FE74

square

#74C9FE #EE74FE #FEA974 #84FE74

split-complementary

#74C9FE #FE7484 #FEEE74

monochromatic

#0298F6 #37B1FE #74C9FE #B1E1FE #E1F3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#74C9FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#74C9FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C9FE

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C9FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C9FE	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EBAFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c9fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 201, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.112 237.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d9ff',
    500: '#74c9fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c9fe;
$custom-light: #a5d9ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c9fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.043,
    "s": 98.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8025,
    "c": 0.11186,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C9FE

secondary

#DB793B

accent

#5800E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101418

muted

#818386

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C9FE

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

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