#74CEEF#74CEEF

#74CEEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.098 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CEEF
RGB	rgb(116, 206, 239)
HSL	hsl(196, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(196, 51%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 13.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.51, -18.11, -24.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.51, 30.51, 233.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.75% -0.0704 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(80.75% 0.098 224)
XYZ	xyz(44.8479, 54.0838, 89.7205)
Luminance	0.5409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CEEF #EF9574

analogous

#74EFD3 #74CEEF #7490EF

triadic

#74CEEF #EF74CE #CEEF74

tetradic

#74CEEF #D374EF #EF9574 #90EF74

square

#74CEEF #D374EF #EF9574 #90EF74

split-complementary

#74CEEF #EF7490 #EFD374

monochromatic

#189FD1 #3DBBE9 #74CEEF #ABE1F5 #E2F5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#74CEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#74CEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CEEF

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CEEF	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBCAF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BCEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24D8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74ceef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 206, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.098 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4ddf4',
    500: '#74ceef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74ceef;
$custom-light: #a4ddf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74ceef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.098,
    "s": 79.355,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80746,
    "c": 0.09796,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.54088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CEEF

secondary

#C8643F

accent

#420ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CEEF

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

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