#74CEF9#74CEF9

#74CEF9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.106 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CEF9
RGB	rgb(116, 206, 249)
HSL	hsl(199, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(199, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 17.3%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.86, -15.29, -29.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.86, 33.10, 242.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% -0.0669 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.106 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3662, 54.6911, 97.7172)
Luminance	0.5470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CEF9 #F99F74

analogous

#74F9E1 #74CEF9 #748CF9

triadic

#74CEF9 #F974CE #CEF974

tetradic

#74CEF9 #E174F9 #F99F74 #8CF974

square

#74CEF9 #E174F9 #F99F74 #8CF974

split-complementary

#74CEF9 #F9748C #F9E174

monochromatic

#0AA1E9 #39B9F6 #74CEF9 #AFE3FC #E2F5FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#74CEF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#74CEF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CEF9

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CEF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CEF9	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8CBFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BDF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08DADC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74cef9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 206, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.106 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5ddfb',
    500: '#74cef9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74cef9;
$custom-light: #a5ddfb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74cef9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.398,
    "s": 91.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81143,
    "c": 0.10556,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CEF9

secondary

#D56E3D

accent

#4A00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CEF9

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

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