#74CBED#74CBED

#74CBED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.097 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CBED
RGB	rgb(116, 203, 237)
HSL	hsl(197, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(197, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 14.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, -17.13, -24.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 30.20, 235.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80% -0.0678 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.097 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.8387, 52.5356, 87.9345)
Luminance	0.5254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CBED #ED9674

analogous

#74EDD3 #74CBED #748FED

triadic

#74CBED #ED74CB #CBED74

tetradic

#74CBED #D374ED #ED9674 #8FED74

square

#74CBED #D374ED #ED9674 #8FED74

split-complementary

#74CBED #ED748F #EDD374

monochromatic

#1A9ACC #3EB7E6 #74CBED #AADFF4 #E0F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#74CBED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#74CBED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CBED

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CBED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CBED	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)

#B8C7EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BAED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29D5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74cbed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 203, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.097 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dbf3',
    500: '#74cbed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74cbed;
$custom-light: #a3dbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74cbed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.86,
    "s": 77.07,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79997,
    "c": 0.09674,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CBED

secondary

#C6653F

accent

#460CD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CBED

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →