#74CDF0#74CDF0

#74CDF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.099 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CDF0
RGB	rgb(116, 205, 240)
HSL	hsl(197, 81%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(197, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 14.6%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.26, -17.32, -25.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.26, 30.80, 235.77°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% -0.069 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.099 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.7560, 53.6631, 90.4207)
Luminance	0.5367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CDF0 #F09774

analogous

#74F0D5 #74CDF0 #748FF0

triadic

#74CDF0 #F074CD #CDF074

tetradic

#74CDF0 #D574F0 #F09774 #8FF074

square

#74CDF0 #D574F0 #F09774 #8FF074

split-complementary

#74CDF0 #F0748F #F0D574

monochromatic

#179ED3 #3DB9EA #74CDF0 #ABE1F6 #E2F5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#74CDF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#74CDF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CDF0

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CDF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CDF0	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC9F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BCF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23D8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74cdf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 205, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.099 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dcf5',
    500: '#74cdf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74cdf0;
$custom-light: #a4dcf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74cdf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.935,
    "s": 80.519,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80562,
    "c": 0.09873,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CDF0

secondary

#C9663F

accent

#4509DD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CDF0

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

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