#74CAED#74CAED

#74CAED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.097 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CAED
RGB	rgb(116, 202, 237)
HSL	hsl(197, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(197, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 14.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.32, -16.62, -25.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.32, 30.27, 236.70°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.0667 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.097 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.6033, 52.0648, 87.8561)
Luminance	0.5207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CAED #ED9774

analogous

#74EDD3 #74CAED #748EED

triadic

#74CAED #ED74CA #CAED74

tetradic

#74CAED #D374ED #ED9774 #8EED74

square

#74CAED #D374ED #ED9774 #8EED74

split-complementary

#74CAED #ED748E #EDD374

monochromatic

#1A99CC #3EB5E6 #74CAED #AADFF4 #E0F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#74CAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#74CAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CAED

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CAED	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C7EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29D4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74caed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 202, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.097 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3daf3',
    500: '#74caed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74caed;
$custom-light: #a3daf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74caed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.355,
    "s": 77.07,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79774,
    "c": 0.09684,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CAED

secondary

#C6663F

accent

#480CD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CAED

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

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