#74CAEA#74CAEA

#74CAEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.095 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CAEA
RGB	rgb(116, 202, 234)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(196, 50%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 13.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, -17.45, -23.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 29.55, 233.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% -0.0678 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.095 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.1687, 51.8910, 85.5670)
Luminance	0.5190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CAEA #EA9474

analogous

#74EACF #74CAEA #748FEA

triadic

#74CAEA #EA74CA #CAEA74

tetradic

#74CAEA #CF74EA #EA9474 #8FEA74

square

#74CAEA #CF74EA #EA9474 #8FEA74

split-complementary

#74CAEA #EA748F #EACF74

monochromatic

#1E98C6 #3FB6E2 #74CAEA #A9DEF2 #DEF3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#74CAEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#74CAEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CAEA

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CAEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CAEA	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C6EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B9EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2ED4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74caea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 202, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.095 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3daf0',
    500: '#74caea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74caea;
$custom-light: #a3daf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74caea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.271,
    "s": 73.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79657,
    "c": 0.09469,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CAEA

secondary

#C26340

accent

#4510D6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CAEA

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

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