#74D5EA#74D5EA

#74D5EA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.096 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74D5EA
RGB	rgb(116, 213, 234)
HSL	hsl(191, 74%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(191, 50%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.31, -23.03, -19.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.31, 29.95, 219.74°)
OKLab	oklab(82.13% -0.0801 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(82.13% 0.096 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.8422, 57.2381, 86.4582)
Luminance	0.5724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74D5EA #EA8974

analogous

#74EAC4 #74D5EA #749AEA

triadic

#74D5EA #EA74D5 #D5EA74

tetradic

#74D5EA #C474EA #EA8974 #9AEA74

square

#74D5EA #C474EA #EA8974 #9AEA74

split-complementary

#74D5EA #EA749A #EAC474

monochromatic

#1EA8C6 #3FC5E2 #74D5EA #A9E5F2 #DEF5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#74D5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#74D5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74D5EA

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74D5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74D5EA	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CFEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28DEDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74d5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 213, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.096 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e2f0',
    500: '#74d5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74d5ea;
$custom-light: #a4e2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74d5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.678,
    "s": 73.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82131,
    "c": 0.09598,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74D5EA

secondary

#C25740

accent

#3310D6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #74D5EA

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

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