#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
RGBrgb(116, 205, 250)
HSLhsl(200, 93%, 72%)
HSVhsv(200, 54%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(53.6%, 18%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LABlab(78.62, -14.48, -30.26)
CIE-LCHlch(78.62, 33.55, 244.43°)
OKLaboklab(80.96% -0.0654 -0.0843)
OKLCHoklch(80.96% 0.107 232.2)
XYZxyz(46.2827, 54.2737, 98.4608)
Luminance0.5428 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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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
##74CDFA1.001.7711.8611.86
#FFFFFF1.771.0021.0021.00
#00000011.8621.001.001.00
##00000011.8621.001.001.00

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

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#74CDFA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva