#74CBF0#74CBF0

#74CBF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.099 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74CBF0
RGBrgb(116, 203, 240)
HSLhsl(198, 81%, 70%)
HSVhsv(198, 52%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(51.7%, 15.4%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LABlab(77.70, -16.29, -26.32)
CIE-LCHlch(77.70, 30.95, 238.24°)
OKLaboklab(80.12% -0.0668 -0.0731)
OKLCHoklch(80.12% 0.099 227.6)
XYZxyz(44.2807, 52.7124, 90.2622)
Luminance0.5272 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74CBF0 #F09974
analogous
#74F0D7 #74CBF0 #748DF0
triadic
#74CBF0 #F074CB #CBF074
tetradic
#74CBF0 #D774F0 #F09974 #8DF074
square
#74CBF0 #D774F0 #F09974 #8DF074
split-complementary
#74CBF0 #F0748D #F0D774
monochromatic
#179BD3 #3DB6EA #74CBF0 #ABE0F6 #E2F4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82
#74CBF0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54
#74CBF0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CBF0
11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74CBF0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##74CBF01.001.8211.5411.54
#FFFFFF1.821.0021.0021.00
#00000011.5421.001.001.00
##00000011.5421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8C8F2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A6BAF0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#24D6D7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74cbf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 203, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.099 227.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4daf5',
    500: '#74cbf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74cbf0;
$custom-light: #a4daf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74cbf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.903,
    "s": 80.519,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80115,
    "c": 0.09897,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74CBF0
secondary
#C9683F
accent
#4809DD
background
#FDFEFF
surface
#F7FBFE
border
#D0D4D6
text
#101517
muted
#818485

Preview Lab

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#74CBF0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva