#74CBEF#74CBEF

#74CBEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.098 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CBEF
RGB	rgb(116, 203, 239)
HSL	hsl(198, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(198, 51%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.67, -16.57, -25.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.67, 30.69, 237.32°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% -0.0671 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.098 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.1325, 52.6531, 89.4820)
Luminance	0.5266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CBEF #EF9874

analogous

#74EFD6 #74CBEF #748EEF

triadic

#74CBEF #EF74CB #CBEF74

tetradic

#74CBEF #D674EF #EF9874 #8EEF74

square

#74CBEF #D674EF #EF9874 #8EEF74

split-complementary

#74CBEF #EF748E #EFD674

monochromatic

#189BD1 #3DB6E9 #74CBEF #ABE0F5 #E2F4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#74CBEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#74CBEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CBEF

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CBEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CBEF	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BAEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26D6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74cbef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 203, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.098 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4daf4',
    500: '#74cbef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74cbef;
$custom-light: #a4daf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74cbef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.561,
    "s": 79.355,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80076,
    "c": 0.09821,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CBEF

secondary

#C8673F

accent

#470ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CBEF

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

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