#74CDF8#74CDF8

#74CDF8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.105 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CDF8
RGB	rgb(116, 205, 248)
HSL	hsl(200, 90%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(200, 53%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 17.3%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.55, -15.06, -29.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.55, 32.95, 242.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.0661 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.105 231)
XYZ	xyz(45.9707, 54.1490, 96.8180)
Luminance	0.5415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CDF8 #F89F74

analogous

#74F8E1 #74CDF8 #748BF8

triadic

#74CDF8 #F874CD #CDF874

tetradic

#74CDF8 #E174F8 #F89F74 #8BF874

square

#74CDF8 #E174F8 #F89F74 #8BF874

split-complementary

#74CDF8 #F8748B #F8E174

monochromatic

#0C9FE6 #3AB8F5 #74CDF8 #AEE2FB #E2F5FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#74CDF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#74CDF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CDF8

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CDF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CDF8	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8CAFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5BCF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FD9DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74cdf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 205, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.105 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dcfa',
    500: '#74cdf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74cdf8;
$custom-light: #a4dcfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74cdf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.545,
    "s": 90.411,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80881,
    "c": 0.10497,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.54153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CDF8

secondary

#D36E3D

accent

#4B00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CDF8

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

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