#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
RGB	rgb(116, 205, 224)
HSL	hsl(191, 64%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(191, 48%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 8.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.73, -21.71, -17.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.73, 28.01, 219.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% -0.075 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.09 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4832, 52.7540, 78.4503)
Luminance	0.5276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##74CDE0	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #74CDE0

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

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