#74CDFA#74CDFA

#74CDFA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.107 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CDFA
RGB	rgb(116, 205, 250)
HSL	hsl(200, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(200, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 18%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, -14.48, -30.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 33.55, 244.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.0654 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.107 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.2827, 54.2737, 98.4608)
Luminance	0.5428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CDFA #FAA174

analogous

#74FAE4 #74CDFA #748AFA

triadic

#74CDFA #FA74CD #CDFA74

tetradic

#74CDFA #E474FA #FAA174 #8AFA74

square

#74CDFA #E474FA #FAA174 #8AFA74

split-complementary

#74CDFA #FA748A #FAE474

monochromatic

#089FEB #39B8F8 #74CDFA #AFE2FC #E1F4FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#74CDFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#74CDFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CDFA

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CDFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CDFA	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7CBFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4BCF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05D9DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74cdfa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 205, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.107 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5dcfc',
    500: '#74cdfa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74cdfa;
$custom-light: #a5dcfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74cdfa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.149,
    "s": 93.056,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80963,
    "c": 0.10668,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CDFA

secondary

#D6703C

accent

#4D00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CDFA

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

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