#74CDF2#74CDF2

#74CDF2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.100 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CDF2
RGB	rgb(116, 205, 242)
HSL	hsl(198, 83%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(198, 52%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 15.3%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -16.76, -26.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 31.29, 237.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% -0.0683 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.1 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.0548, 53.7826, 91.9940)
Luminance	0.5379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#74CDF2 #F29974

analogous

#74F2D8 #74CDF2 #748EF2

triadic

#74CDF2 #F274CD #CDF274

tetradic

#74CDF2 #D874F2 #F29974 #8EF274

square

#74CDF2 #D874F2 #F29974 #8EF274

split-complementary

#74CDF2 #F2748E #F2D874

monochromatic

#149ED7 #3CB9ED #74CDF2 #ACE1F7 #E3F5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#74CDF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#74CDF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CDF2

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CDF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CDF2	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9CAF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BCF2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FD8D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74cdf2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 205, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.100 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dcf6',
    500: '#74cdf2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74cdf2;
$custom-light: #a4dcf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74cdf2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.619,
    "s": 82.895,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8064,
    "c": 0.10021,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CDF2

secondary

#CC683E

accent

#4606DF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CDF2

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

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