#74CAF0#74CAF0

#74CAF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.099 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74CAF0
RGBrgb(116, 202, 240)
HSLhsl(198, 81%, 70%)
HSVhsv(198, 52%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(51.7%, 15.8%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LABlab(77.43, -15.77, -26.75)
CIE-LCHlch(77.43, 31.05, 239.47°)
OKLaboklab(79.89% -0.0656 -0.0743)
OKLCHoklch(79.89% 0.099 228.5)
XYZxyz(44.0453, 52.2416, 90.1837)
Luminance0.5224 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74CAF0 #F09A74
analogous
#74F0D8 #74CAF0 #748CF0
triadic
#74CAF0 #F074CA #CAF074
tetradic
#74CAF0 #D874F0 #F09A74 #8CF074
square
#74CAF0 #D874F0 #F09A74 #8CF074
split-complementary
#74CAF0 #F0748C #F0D874
monochromatic
#1799D3 #3DB5EA #74CAF0 #ABDFF6 #E2F4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83
#74CAF0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45
#74CAF0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CAF0
11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74CAF0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##74CAF01.001.8311.4511.45
#FFFFFF1.831.0021.0021.00
#00000011.4521.001.001.00
##00000011.4521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6C7F2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A5B9F0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#25D5D6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74caf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 202, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.099 228.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4daf5',
    500: '#74caf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74caf0;
$custom-light: #a4daf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74caf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.387,
    "s": 80.519,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79893,
    "c": 0.09913,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74CAF0
secondary
#C9693F
accent
#4A09DD
background
#FDFEFF
surface
#F7FBFE
border
#D0D4D6
text
#101417
muted
#818385

Preview Lab

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#74CAF0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva