#74CDEE#74CDEE

#74CDEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.097 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CDEE
RGB	rgb(116, 205, 238)
HSL	hsl(196, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(196, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 13.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.20, -17.88, -24.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.20, 30.33, 233.87°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% -0.0697 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.097 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.4606, 53.5449, 88.8646)
Luminance	0.5355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CDEE #EE9574

analogous

#74EED2 #74CDEE #7490EE

triadic

#74CDEE #EE74CD #CDEE74

tetradic

#74CDEE #D274EE #EE9574 #90EE74

square

#74CDEE #D274EE #EE9574 #90EE74

split-complementary

#74CDEE #EE7490 #EED274

monochromatic

#199DCE #3DB9E7 #74CDEE #ABE1F5 #E1F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#74CDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#74CDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CDEE

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CDEE	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BCEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26D7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74cdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 205, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.097 224.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74cdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.23,
    "s": 78.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80483,
    "c": 0.09732,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CDEE

secondary

#C7643F

accent

#430BDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CDEE

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

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