#74D2ED#74D2ED

#74D2ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.097 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74D2ED
RGB	rgb(116, 210, 237)
HSL	hsl(193, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(193, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 11.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, -20.70, -21.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 30.12, 226.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.57% -0.0756 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(81.57% 0.097 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.5293, 55.9167, 88.4981)
Luminance	0.5592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74D2ED #ED8F74

analogous

#74EDCB #74D2ED #7496ED

triadic

#74D2ED #ED74D2 #D2ED74

tetradic

#74D2ED #CB74ED #ED8F74 #96ED74

square

#74D2ED #CB74ED #ED8F74 #96ED74

split-complementary

#74D2ED #ED7496 #EDCB74

monochromatic

#1AA5CC #3EC0E6 #74D2ED #AAE4F4 #E0F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#74D2ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#74D2ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74D2ED

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74D2ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74D2ED	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CDEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBFED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25DBDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74d2ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 210, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.097 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e0f2',
    500: '#74d2ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74d2ed;
$custom-light: #a4e0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74d2ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.388,
    "s": 77.07,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81566,
    "c": 0.09687,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74D2ED

secondary

#C65D3F

accent

#3A0CD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #74D2ED

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

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