#74CDED#74CDED

#74CDED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.097 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CDED
RGB	rgb(116, 205, 237)
HSL	hsl(196, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(196, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 13.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, -18.16, -24.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 30.11, 232.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% -0.0701 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.097 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.3141, 53.4863, 88.0930)
Luminance	0.5349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CDED #ED9474

analogous

#74EDD1 #74CDED #7491ED

triadic

#74CDED #ED74CD #CDED74

tetradic

#74CDED #D174ED #ED9474 #91ED74

square

#74CDED #D174ED #ED9474 #91ED74

split-complementary

#74CDED #ED7491 #EDD174

monochromatic

#1A9DCC #3EBAE6 #74CDED #AAE0F4 #E0F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#74CDED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#74CDED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CDED

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CDED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CDED	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BBED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28D7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74cded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 205, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.097 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dcf3',
    500: '#74cded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74cded;
$custom-light: #a4dcf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74cded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.868,
    "s": 77.07,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80445,
    "c": 0.09664,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CDED

secondary

#C6633F

accent

#420CD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CDED

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

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