#74D7FA#74D7FA

#74D7FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.105 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74D7FA
RGB	rgb(116, 215, 250)
HSL	hsl(196, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 14%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.41, -19.62, -26.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.41, 32.57, 232.96°)
OKLab	oklab(83.18% -0.0763 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(83.18% 0.105 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.7516, 59.2116, 99.2838)
Luminance	0.5922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74D7FA #FA9774

analogous

#74FADA #74D7FA #7494FA

triadic

#74D7FA #FA74D7 #D7FA74

tetradic

#74D7FA #DA74FA #FA9774 #94FA74

square

#74D7FA #DA74FA #FA9774 #94FA74

split-complementary

#74D7FA #FA7494 #FADA74

monochromatic

#08B0EB #39C6F8 #74D7FA #AFE8FC #E1F6FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#74D7FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#74D7FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74D7FA

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74D7FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74D7FA	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3D3FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC4FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74d7fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 215, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.105 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e3fc',
    500: '#74d7fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74d7fa;
$custom-light: #a5e3fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74d7fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.672,
    "s": 93.056,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83182,
    "c": 0.10499,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74D7FA

secondary

#D6643C

accent

#3C00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #74D7FA

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

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