#74CEEB#74CEEB

#74CEEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.095 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CEEB
RGB	rgb(116, 206, 235)
HSL	hsl(195, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(195, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -19.23, -22.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 29.69, 229.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.59% -0.0719 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(80.59% 0.095 221)
XYZ	xyz(44.2635, 53.8500, 86.6427)
Luminance	0.5385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#74CEEB #EB9174

analogous

#74EBCD #74CEEB #7493EB

triadic

#74CEEB #EB74CE #CEEB74

tetradic

#74CEEB #CD74EB #EB9174 #93EB74

square

#74CEEB #CD74EB #EB9174 #93EB74

split-complementary

#74CEEB #EB7493 #EBCD74

monochromatic

#1D9EC8 #3EBBE3 #74CEEB #AAE1F3 #DFF4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#74CEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#74CEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CEEB

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CEEB	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBCEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AD8D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74ceeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 206, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.095 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3ddf1',
    500: '#74ceeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74ceeb;
$custom-light: #a3ddf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74ceeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.622,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80592,
    "c": 0.09537,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.53854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CEEB

secondary

#C36040

accent

#3F0FD7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CEEB

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

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