#74CDE0#74CDE0

#74CDE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.089 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74CDE0
RGBrgb(116, 205, 224)
HSLhsl(191, 64%, 67%)
HSVhsv(191, 48%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(48.2%, 8.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(77.73, -21.71, -17.70)
CIE-LCHlch(77.73, 28.01, 219.18°)
OKLaboklab(79.96% -0.075 -0.0488)
OKLCHoklch(79.96% 0.09 213.1)
XYZxyz(42.4832, 52.7540, 78.4503)
Luminance0.5276 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74CDE0 #E08774
analogous
#74E0BD #74CDE0 #7497E0
triadic
#74CDE0 #E074CD #CDE074
tetradic
#74CDE0 #BD74E0 #E08774 #97E074
square
#74CDE0 #BD74E0 #E08774 #97E074
split-complementary
#74CDE0 #E07497 #E0BD74
monochromatic
#289AB2 #42BBD5 #74CDE0 #A6DFEB #D8F1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82
#74CDE0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55
#74CDE0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CDE0
11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74CDE0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##74CDE01.001.8211.5511.55
#FFFFFF1.821.0021.0021.00
#00000011.5521.001.001.00
##00000011.5521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BEC7E1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ADBBE0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#38D5D3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74cde0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 205, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.089 213.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dce9',
    500: '#74cde0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74cde0;
$custom-light: #a3dce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74cde0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.556,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79957,
    "c": 0.0895,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74CDE0
secondary
#B35845
accent
#391ACB
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F6FCFC
border
#D0D5D5
text
#101516
muted
#808484

Preview Lab

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#74CDE0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva