#74CAEF#74CAEF

#74CAEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.098 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CAEF
RGB	rgb(116, 202, 239)
HSL	hsl(198, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(198, 51%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.39, -16.05, -26.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.39, 30.78, 238.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% -0.066 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.098 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.8972, 52.1824, 89.4035)
Luminance	0.5219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CAEF #EF9974

analogous

#74EFD7 #74CAEF #748DEF

triadic

#74CAEF #EF74CA #CAEF74

tetradic

#74CAEF #D774EF #EF9974 #8DEF74

square

#74CAEF #D774EF #EF9974 #8DEF74

split-complementary

#74CAEF #EF748D #EFD774

monochromatic

#1899D1 #3DB5E9 #74CAEF #ABDFF5 #E2F4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#74CAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#74CAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CAEF

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CAEF	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B9EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26D5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74caef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 202, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.098 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4daf4',
    500: '#74caef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74caef;
$custom-light: #a4daf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74caef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.049,
    "s": 79.355,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79853,
    "c": 0.09834,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CAEF

secondary

#C8683F

accent

#490ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CAEF

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

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