#74CAFA#74CAFA

#74CAFA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.108 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74CAFA
RGBrgb(116, 202, 250)
HSLhsl(201, 93%, 72%)
HSVhsv(201, 54%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(53.6%, 19.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LABlab(77.79, -12.92, -31.55)
CIE-LCHlch(77.79, 34.09, 247.73°)
OKLaboklab(80.3% -0.0622 -0.0879)
OKLCHoklch(80.3% 0.108 234.7)
XYZxyz(45.5719, 52.8523, 98.2239)
Luminance0.5286 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74CAFA #FAA474
analogous
#74FAE7 #74CAFA #7487FA
triadic
#74CAFA #FA74CA #CAFA74
tetradic
#74CAFA #E774FA #FAA474 #87FA74
square
#74CAFA #E774FA #FAA474 #87FA74
split-complementary
#74CAFA #FA7487 #FAE774
monochromatic
#089AEB #39B3F8 #74CAFA #AFE1FC #E1F4FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81
#74CAFA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57
#74CAFA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CAFA
11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74CAFA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##74CAFA1.001.8111.5711.57
#FFFFFF1.811.0021.0021.00
#00000011.5721.001.001.00
##00000011.5721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3C8FC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A1BAF9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#0AD7DA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74cafa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 202, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.108 234.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5dafc',
    500: '#74cafa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74cafa;
$custom-light: #a5dafc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74cafa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.493,
    "s": 93.056,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80301,
    "c": 0.10767,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74CAFA
secondary
#D6733C
accent
#5200E6
background
#FDFEFF
surface
#F7FBFF
border
#D0D4D7
text
#101417
muted
#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CAFA

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