#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
RGB	rgb(116, 202, 240)
HSL	hsl(198, 81%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(198, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 15.8%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.43, -15.77, -26.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.43, 31.05, 239.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% -0.0656 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.099 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.0453, 52.2416, 90.1837)
Luminance	0.5224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##74CAF0	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #74CAF0

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

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