#74CAEC#74CAEC

#74CAEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.096 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CAEC
RGB	rgb(116, 202, 236)
HSL	hsl(197, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(197, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 14.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, -16.90, -24.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 30.02, 235.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% -0.0671 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.096 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.4576, 52.0065, 87.0888)
Luminance	0.5201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CAEC #EC9674

analogous

#74ECD2 #74CAEC #748EEC

triadic

#74CAEC #EC74CA #CAEC74

tetradic

#74CAEC #D274EC #EC9674 #8EEC74

square

#74CAEC #D274EC #EC9674 #8EEC74

split-complementary

#74CAEC #EC748E #ECD274

monochromatic

#1C99CA #3EB5E5 #74CAEC #AADFF3 #E0F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#74CAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#74CAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CAEC

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CAEC	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BD4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74caec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 202, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.096 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3daf2',
    500: '#74caec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74caec;
$custom-light: #a3daf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74caec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79735,
    "c": 0.0961,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CAEC

secondary

#C56540

accent

#470DD8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CAEC

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

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