#74D4FD#74D4FD

#74D4FD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.107 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74D4FD
RGB	rgb(116, 212, 253)
HSL	hsl(198, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(198, 54%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 16.2%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.68, -17.24, -28.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.68, 33.49, 239.01°)
OKLab	oklab(82.63% -0.0719 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(82.63% 0.107 228)
XYZ	xyz(48.4688, 57.8875, 101.5286)
Luminance	0.5789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74D4FD #FD9D74

analogous

#74FDE1 #74D4FD #7490FD

triadic

#74D4FD #FD74D4 #D4FD74

tetradic

#74D4FD #E174FD #FD9D74 #90FD74

square

#74D4FD #E174FD #FD9D74 #90FD74

split-complementary

#74D4FD #FD7490 #FDE174

monochromatic

#03ABF3 #38C1FC #74D4FD #B0E7FE #E1F6FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#74D4FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#74D4FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74D4FD

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74D4FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74D4FD	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFD1FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABC2FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74d4fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 212, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.107 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e1fe',
    500: '#74d4fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74d4fd;
$custom-light: #a5e1fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74d4fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.956,
    "s": 97.163,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82634,
    "c": 0.10747,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.57892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74D4FD

secondary

#DA6B3B

accent

#4500E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #74D4FD

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

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