#74CAF6#74CAF6

#74CAF6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.104 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CAF6
RGB	rgb(116, 202, 246)
HSL	hsl(200, 88%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(200, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 17.9%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.64, -14.07, -29.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.64, 32.80, 244.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% -0.0635 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.104 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.9514, 52.6040, 94.9557)
Luminance	0.5261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CAF6 #F6A074

analogous

#74F6E1 #74CAF6 #7489F6

triadic

#74CAF6 #F674CA #CAF674

tetradic

#74CAF6 #E174F6 #F6A074 #89F674

square

#74CAF6 #E174F6 #F6A074 #89F674

split-complementary

#74CAF6 #F67489 #F6E174

monochromatic

#0F9AE1 #3BB4F2 #74CAF6 #ADE0FA #E2F4FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#74CAF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#74CAF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CAF6

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CAF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CAF6	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C8F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2BAF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18D6D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74caf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 202, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.104 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4daf9',
    500: '#74caf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74caf6;
$custom-light: #a4daf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74caf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.308,
    "s": 87.838,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80136,
    "c": 0.1041,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CAF6

secondary

#D16F3D

accent

#4E01E4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CAF6

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

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