#74CADE#74CADE

#74CADE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.088 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CADE
RGB	rgb(116, 202, 222)
HSL	hsl(191, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(191, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, -20.73, -18.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 27.46, 220.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% -0.0724 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.088 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5028, 51.2246, 76.7933)
Luminance	0.5123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#74CADE #DE8874

analogous

#74DEBD #74CADE #7495DE

triadic

#74CADE #DE74CA #CADE74

tetradic

#74CADE #BD74DE #DE8874 #95DE74

square

#74CADE #BD74DE #DE8874 #95DE74

split-complementary

#74CADE #DE7495 #DEBD74

monochromatic

#2995AE #43B7D2 #74CADE #A5DDEA #D7F0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#74CADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#74CADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CADE

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CADE	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB8DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BD2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74cade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 202, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.088 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2dae8',
    500: '#74cade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74cade;
$custom-light: #a2dae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74cade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.321,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79204,
    "c": 0.08778,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CADE

secondary

#B05A46

accent

#3D1CC9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101416

muted

#808384

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CADE

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

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