#74CAE0#74CAE0

#74CAE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.089 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CAE0
RGB	rgb(116, 202, 224)
HSL	hsl(192, 64%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(192, 48%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 9.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, -20.20, -18.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 27.71, 223.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% -0.0716 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.089 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.7724, 51.3325, 78.2134)
Luminance	0.5134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CAE0 #E08A74

analogous

#74E0C0 #74CAE0 #7494E0

triadic

#74CAE0 #E074CA #CAE074

tetradic

#74CAE0 #C074E0 #E08A74 #94E074

square

#74CAE0 #C074E0 #E08A74 #94E074

split-complementary

#74CAE0 #E07494 #E0C074

monochromatic

#2896B2 #42B7D5 #74CAE0 #A6DDEB #D8F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#74CAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#74CAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CAE0

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CAE0	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC5E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB8E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39D2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74cae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 202, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.089 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2dae9',
    500: '#74cae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74cae0;
$custom-light: #a2dae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74cae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.222,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79278,
    "c": 0.08873,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CAE0

secondary

#B35B45

accent

#3E1ACB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFD

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101416

muted

#808384

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CAE0

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

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