#74CAF5#74CAF5

#74CAF5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.103 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CAF5
RGB	rgb(116, 202, 245)
HSL	hsl(200, 87%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(200, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, -14.35, -29.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 32.49, 243.79°)
OKLab	oklab(80.1% -0.0639 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(80.1% 0.103 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.7983, 52.5428, 94.1495)
Luminance	0.5255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CAF5 #F59F74

analogous

#74F5DF #74CAF5 #7489F5

triadic

#74CAF5 #F574CA #CAF574

tetradic

#74CAF5 #DF74F5 #F59F74 #89F574

square

#74CAF5 #DF74F5 #F59F74 #89F574

split-complementary

#74CAF5 #F57489 #F5DF74

monochromatic

#109ADF #3BB4F1 #74CAF5 #ADE0F9 #E2F4FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#74CAF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#74CAF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CAF5

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CAF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CAF5	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C8F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3BAF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BD6D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74caf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 202, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.103 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4daf8',
    500: '#74caf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74caf5;
$custom-light: #a4daf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74caf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 86.577,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80095,
    "c": 0.10323,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CAF5

secondary

#D06E3E

accent

#4D02E3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CAF5

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

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