#74CDF5#74CDF5

#74CDF5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.103 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CDF5
RGB	rgb(116, 205, 245)
HSL	hsl(199, 87%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(199, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 16.3%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, -15.91, -27.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 32.09, 240.28°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.0672 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.103 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.5090, 53.9643, 94.3864)
Luminance	0.5397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CDF5 #F59C74

analogous

#74F5DD #74CDF5 #748CF5

triadic

#74CDF5 #F574CD #CDF574

tetradic

#74CDF5 #DD74F5 #F59C74 #8CF574

square

#74CDF5 #DD74F5 #F59C74 #8CF574

split-complementary

#74CDF5 #F5748C #F5DD74

monochromatic

#109FDF #3BB8F1 #74CDF5 #ADE2F9 #E2F5FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#74CDF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#74CDF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CDF5

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CDF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CDF5	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8CAF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BCF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18D8DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74cdf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 205, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.103 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dcf8',
    500: '#74cdf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74cdf5;
$custom-light: #a4dcf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74cdf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.605,
    "s": 86.577,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8076,
    "c": 0.10253,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CDF5

secondary

#D06B3E

accent

#4802E3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CDF5

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

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