#74CEE9#74CEE9

#74CEE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.094 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CEE9
RGB	rgb(116, 206, 233)
HSL	hsl(194, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(194, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 11.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -19.78, -21.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 29.32, 227.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.0727 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.094 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.9762, 53.7351, 85.1295)
Luminance	0.5374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CEE9 #E98F74

analogous

#74E9C9 #74CEE9 #7493E9

triadic

#74CEE9 #E974CE #CEE974

tetradic

#74CEE9 #C974E9 #E98F74 #93E974

square

#74CEE9 #C974E9 #E98F74 #93E974

split-complementary

#74CEE9 #E97493 #E9C974

monochromatic

#1F9EC4 #3FBBE1 #74CEE9 #A9E1F1 #DEF3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#74CEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#74CEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CEE9

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CEE9	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC9EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBCE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DD7D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74cee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 206, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.094 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3ddf0',
    500: '#74cee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74cee9;
$custom-light: #a3ddf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74cee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80516,
    "c": 0.09418,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CEE9

secondary

#C15E40

accent

#3E11D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CEE9

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

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