#74CAEE#74CAEE

#74CAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.098 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CAEE
RGB	rgb(116, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(198, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(198, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, -16.34, -25.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 30.52, 237.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0664 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.098 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.7498, 52.1234, 88.6277)
Luminance	0.5213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CAEE #EE9874

analogous

#74EED5 #74CAEE #748DEE

triadic

#74CAEE #EE74CA #CAEE74

tetradic

#74CAEE #D574EE #EE9874 #8DEE74

square

#74CAEE #D574EE #EE9874 #8DEE74

split-complementary

#74CAEE #EE748D #EED574

monochromatic

#1999CE #3DB5E7 #74CAEE #ABDFF5 #E1F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#74CAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#74CAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CAEE

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CAEE	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B9EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28D5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74caee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.098 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4daf3',
    500: '#74caee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74caee;
$custom-light: #a4daf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74caee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.705,
    "s": 78.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79813,
    "c": 0.09759,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CAEE

secondary

#C7673F

accent

#480BDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CAEE

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

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