#74CDFF#74CDFF

#74CDFF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.111 H 235.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CDFF
RGB	rgb(116, 205, 255)
HSL	hsl(202, 100%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(202, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 19.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.81, -13.04, -32.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.81, 35.16, 248.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% -0.0637 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.111 235)
XYZ	xyz(47.0771, 54.5915, 102.6447)
Luminance	0.5460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CDFF #FFA674

analogous

#74FFEC #74CDFF #7487FF

triadic

#74CDFF #FF74CD #CDFF74

tetradic

#74CDFF #EC74FF #FFA674 #87FF74

square

#74CDFF #EC74FF #FFA674 #87FF74

split-complementary

#74CDFF #FF7487 #FFEC74

monochromatic

#009FF9 #37B7FF #74CDFF #B1E3FF #E0F4FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#74CDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#74CDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CDFF

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CDFF	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5CBFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2BDFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DADE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74cdff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 205, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.111 235.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5dcff',
    500: '#74cdff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74cdff;
$custom-light: #a5dcff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74cdff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.583,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8117,
    "c": 0.11113,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.54596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CDFF

secondary

#DC753B

accent

#5300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CDFF

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

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