#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
RGB	rgb(116, 202, 248)
HSL	hsl(201, 90%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(201, 53%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 18.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.71, -13.49, -30.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.71, 33.43, 246.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.0628 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.106 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.2600, 52.7275, 96.5811)
Luminance	0.5273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##74CAF8	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #74CAF8

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

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