#74CDEB#74CDEB

#74CDEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.095 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CDEB
RGB	rgb(116, 205, 235)
HSL	hsl(195, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(195, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.09, -18.71, -23.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.09, 29.69, 230.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.37% -0.0708 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(80.37% 0.095 222)
XYZ	xyz(44.0235, 53.3701, 86.5627)
Luminance	0.5337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CDEB #EB9274

analogous

#74EBCE #74CDEB #7492EB

triadic

#74CDEB #EB74CD #CDEB74

tetradic

#74CDEB #CE74EB #EB9274 #92EB74

square

#74CDEB #CE74EB #EB9274 #92EB74

split-complementary

#74CDEB #EB7492 #EBCE74

monochromatic

#1D9DC8 #3EBAE3 #74CDEB #AAE0F3 #DFF3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#74CDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#74CDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CDEB

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CDEB	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABBEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BD7D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74cdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 205, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.095 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dcf1',
    500: '#74cdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74cdeb;
$custom-light: #a3dcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74cdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.126,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80368,
    "c": 0.09533,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.53374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CDEB

secondary

#C36140

accent

#410FD7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CDEB

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

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