#74CBEE#74CBEE

#74CBEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.097 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CBEE
RGB	rgb(116, 203, 238)
HSL	hsl(197, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(197, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 14.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.63, -16.85, -25.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.63, 30.44, 236.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.04% -0.0675 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(80.04% 0.097 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.9852, 52.5942, 88.7061)
Luminance	0.5260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CBEE #EE9774

analogous

#74EED4 #74CBEE #748EEE

triadic

#74CBEE #EE74CB #CBEE74

tetradic

#74CBEE #D474EE #EE9774 #8EEE74

square

#74CBEE #D474EE #EE9774 #8EEE74

split-complementary

#74CBEE #EE748E #EED474

monochromatic

#199ACE #3DB7E7 #74CBEE #ABDFF5 #E1F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#74CBEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#74CBEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CBEE

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#B8C8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BAEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27D5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74cbee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 203, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.097 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dbf3',
    500: '#74cbee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74cbee;
$custom-light: #a4dbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74cbee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.213,
    "s": 78.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80036,
    "c": 0.09747,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CBEE

secondary

#C7663F

accent

#470BDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CBEE

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

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