#74CDF6#74CDF6

#74CDF6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.103 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CDF6
RGB	rgb(116, 205, 246)
HSL	hsl(199, 88%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(199, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 16.7%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, -15.63, -28.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 32.37, 241.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.8% -0.0668 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.103 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.6621, 54.0255, 95.1926)
Luminance	0.5403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CDF6 #F69D74

analogous

#74F6DE #74CDF6 #748CF6

triadic

#74CDF6 #F674CD #CDF674

tetradic

#74CDF6 #DE74F6 #F69D74 #8CF674

square

#74CDF6 #DE74F6 #F69D74 #8CF674

split-complementary

#74CDF6 #F6748C #F6DE74

monochromatic

#0F9FE1 #3BB8F2 #74CDF6 #ADE2FA #E2F5FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#74CDF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#74CDF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CDF6

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CDF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CDF6	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8CAF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BCF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15D9DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74cdf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 205, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.103 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dcf9',
    500: '#74cdf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74cdf6;
$custom-light: #a4dcf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74cdf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.923,
    "s": 87.838,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.808,
    "c": 0.10333,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CDF6

secondary

#D16C3D

accent

#4901E4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CDF6

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

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