#74CAF4#74CAF4

#74CAF4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.102 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CAF4
RGB	rgb(116, 202, 244)
HSL	hsl(200, 85%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(200, 52%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 17.2%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.57, -14.64, -28.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.57, 32.19, 242.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% -0.0642 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.102 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.6460, 52.4819, 93.3477)
Luminance	0.5249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CAF4 #F49E74

analogous

#74F4DE #74CAF4 #748AF4

triadic

#74CAF4 #F474CA #CAF474

tetradic

#74CAF4 #DE74F4 #F49E74 #8AF474

square

#74CAF4 #DE74F4 #F49E74 #8AF474

split-complementary

#74CAF4 #F4748A #F4DE74

monochromatic

#119ADC #3BB4F0 #74CAF4 #ADE0F8 #E3F4FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#74CAF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#74CAF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CAF4

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CAF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CAF4	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C7F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3BAF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DD6D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74caf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 202, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.102 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4daf7',
    500: '#74caf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74caf4;
$custom-light: #a4daf7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74caf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.688,
    "s": 85.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80054,
    "c": 0.10238,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CAF4

secondary

#CE6D3E

accent

#4D04E2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CAF4

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

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