#74D5FA#74D5FA

#74D5FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.105 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74D5FA
RGB	rgb(116, 213, 250)
HSL	hsl(197, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(197, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 14.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.85, -18.61, -26.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.85, 32.67, 235.28°)
OKLab	oklab(82.74% -0.0741 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(82.74% 0.105 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.2454, 58.1993, 99.1151)
Luminance	0.5820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74D5FA #FA9974

analogous

#74FADC #74D5FA #7492FA

triadic

#74D5FA #FA74D5 #D5FA74

tetradic

#74D5FA #DC74FA #FA9974 #92FA74

square

#74D5FA #DC74FA #FA9974 #92FA74

split-complementary

#74D5FA #FA7492 #FADC74

monochromatic

#08ADEB #39C3F8 #74D5FA #AFE7FC #E1F6FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#74D5FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#74D5FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74D5FA

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74D5FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74D5FA	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1D1FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADC2FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74d5fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 213, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.105 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e2fc',
    500: '#74d5fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74d5fa;
$custom-light: #a5e2fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74d5fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.567,
    "s": 93.056,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82737,
    "c": 0.10513,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74D5FA

secondary

#D6673C

accent

#3F00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #74D5FA

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

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