#74CDFD#74CDFD

#74CDFD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.109 H 233.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CDFD
RGB	rgb(116, 205, 253)
HSL	hsl(201, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(201, 54%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 19%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.73, -13.62, -31.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.73, 34.50, 246.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.09% -0.0644 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(81.09% 0.109 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.7568, 54.4634, 100.9580)
Luminance	0.5447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#74CDFD #FDA474

analogous

#74FDE9 #74CDFD #7489FD

triadic

#74CDFD #FD74CD #CDFD74

tetradic

#74CDFD #E974FD #FDA474 #89FD74

square

#74CDFD #E974FD #FDA474 #89FD74

split-complementary

#74CDFD #FD7489 #FDE974

monochromatic

#039FF3 #38B7FC #74CDFD #B0E3FE #E1F4FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#74CDFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#74CDFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CDFD

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CDFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CDFD	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6CBFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3BDFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DADD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74cdfd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 205, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.109 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5dcfe',
    500: '#74cdfd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74cdfd;
$custom-light: #a5dcfe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74cdfd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.022,
    "s": 97.163,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81087,
    "c": 0.10931,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CDFD

secondary

#DA733B

accent

#5000E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CDFD

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

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