#74CAF8#74CAF8

#74CAF8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.106 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74CAF8
RGBrgb(116, 202, 248)
HSLhsl(201, 90%, 71%)
HSVhsv(201, 53%, 97%)
CMYKcmyk(53.2%, 18.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LABlab(77.71, -13.49, -30.59)
CIE-LCHlch(77.71, 33.43, 246.20°)
OKLaboklab(80.22% -0.0628 -0.0852)
OKLCHoklch(80.22% 0.106 233.6)
XYZxyz(45.2600, 52.7275, 96.5811)
Luminance0.5273 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74CAF8 #F8A274
analogous
#74F8E4 #74CAF8 #7488F8
triadic
#74CAF8 #F874CA #CAF874
tetradic
#74CAF8 #E474F8 #F8A274 #88F874
square
#74CAF8 #E474F8 #F8A274 #88F874
split-complementary
#74CAF8 #F87488 #F8E474
monochromatic
#0C9AE6 #3AB4F5 #74CAF8 #AEE0FB #E2F4FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82
#74CAF8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55
#74CAF8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CAF8
11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74CAF8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##74CAF81.001.8211.5511.55
#FFFFFF1.821.0021.0021.00
#00000011.5521.001.001.00
##00000011.5521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4C8FA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A1BAF7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#12D6D9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74caf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 202, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.106 233.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dafa',
    500: '#74caf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74caf8;
$custom-light: #a4dafa;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74caf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.909,
    "s": 90.411,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80218,
    "c": 0.10586,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74CAF8
secondary
#D3713D
accent
#5000E6
background
#FDFEFF
surface
#F7FBFF
border
#D0D4D7
text
#101417
muted
#818385

Preview Lab

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#74CAF8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva