#74CCED#74CCED

#74CCED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.097 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CCED
RGB	rgb(116, 204, 237)
HSL	hsl(196, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(196, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 13.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.88, -17.65, -24.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.88, 30.15, 234.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.069 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.097 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.0756, 53.0094, 88.0135)
Luminance	0.5301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CCED #ED9574

analogous

#74EDD2 #74CCED #7490ED

triadic

#74CCED #ED74CC #CCED74

tetradic

#74CCED #D274ED #ED9574 #90ED74

square

#74CCED #D274ED #ED9574 #90ED74

split-complementary

#74CCED #ED7490 #EDD274

monochromatic

#1A9CCC #3EB8E6 #74CCED #AAE0F4 #E0F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#74CCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#74CCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CCED

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CCED	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC8EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BBED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28D6D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74cced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 204, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.097 224.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74cced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 77.07,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80221,
    "c": 0.09668,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CCED

secondary

#C6643F

accent

#440CD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CCED

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

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