#74CAEB#74CAEB

#74CAEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.095 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CAEB
RGB	rgb(116, 202, 235)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(197, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 14%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.25, -17.17, -24.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.25, 29.78, 234.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% -0.0675 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.095 225)
XYZ	xyz(43.3128, 51.9486, 86.3258)
Luminance	0.5195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CAEB #EB9574

analogous

#74EBD1 #74CAEB #748FEB

triadic

#74CAEB #EB74CA #CAEB74

tetradic

#74CAEB #D174EB #EB9574 #8FEB74

square

#74CAEB #D174EB #EB9574 #8FEB74

split-complementary

#74CAEB #EB748F #EBD174

monochromatic

#1D98C8 #3EB6E3 #74CAEB #AADEF3 #DFF3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#74CAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#74CAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CAEB

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CAEB	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C6ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B9EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CD4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74caeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 202, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.095 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3daf1',
    500: '#74caeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74caeb;
$custom-light: #a3daf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74caeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.639,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79695,
    "c": 0.0954,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.51952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CAEB

secondary

#C36440

accent

#460FD7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CAEB

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

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