#74D2EC#74D2EC

#74D2EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.096 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74D2EC
RGB	rgb(116, 210, 236)
HSL	hsl(193, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(193, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 11%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, -20.98, -21.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 29.96, 225.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.53% -0.076 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(81.53% 0.096 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.3836, 55.8584, 87.7308)
Luminance	0.5586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74D2EC #EC8E74

analogous

#74ECCA #74D2EC #7496EC

triadic

#74D2EC #EC74D2 #D2EC74

tetradic

#74D2EC #CA74EC #EC8E74 #96EC74

square

#74D2EC #CA74EC #EC8E74 #96EC74

split-complementary

#74D2EC #EC7496 #ECCA74

monochromatic

#1CA4CA #3EC1E5 #74D2EC #AAE3F3 #E0F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#74D2EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#74D2EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74D2EC

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74D2EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74D2EC	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CDED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27DBDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74d2ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 210, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.096 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e0f2',
    500: '#74d2ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74d2ec;
$custom-light: #a4e0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74d2ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81529,
    "c": 0.09632,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74D2EC

secondary

#C55C40

accent

#390DD8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #74D2EC

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

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