#74CDEC#74CDEC

#74CDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.096 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CDEC
RGB	rgb(116, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(196, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.13, -18.44, -23.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.13, 29.89, 231.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% -0.0704 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.096 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.1684, 53.4280, 87.3257)
Luminance	0.5343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CDEC #EC9374

analogous

#74ECCF #74CDEC #7491EC

triadic

#74CDEC #EC74CD #CDEC74

tetradic

#74CDEC #CF74EC #EC9374 #91EC74

square

#74CDEC #CF74EC #EC9374 #91EC74

split-complementary

#74CDEC #EC7491 #ECCF74

monochromatic

#1C9DCA #3EBAE5 #74CDEC #AAE0F3 #E0F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#74CDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#74CDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CDEC

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CDEC	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BBEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29D7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74cdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.096 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dcf2',
    500: '#74cdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74cdec;
$custom-light: #a3dcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74cdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.5,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80406,
    "c": 0.09598,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CDEC

secondary

#C56240

accent

#420DD8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CDEC

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

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