#74D8FB#74D8FB

#74D8FB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.106 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74D8FB
RGB	rgb(116, 216, 251)
HSL	hsl(196, 94%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 13.9%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.72, -19.85, -26.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.72, 32.75, 232.69°)
OKLab	oklab(83.44% -0.077 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(83.44% 0.106 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.1642, 59.7854, 100.1969)
Luminance	0.5979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74D8FB #FB9774

analogous

#74FBDB #74D8FB #7494FB

triadic

#74D8FB #FB74D8 #D8FB74

tetradic

#74D8FB #DB74FB #FB9774 #94FB74

square

#74D8FB #DB74FB #FB9774 #94FB74

split-complementary

#74D8FB #FB7494 #FBDB74

monochromatic

#07B2EE #39C7F9 #74D8FB #AFE9FD #E1F7FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#74D8FB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#74D8FB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74D8FB

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74D8FB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74D8FB	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4D4FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C5FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74d8fb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 216, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.106 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e4fc',
    500: '#74d8fb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74d8fb;
$custom-light: #a5e4fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74d8fb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.556,
    "s": 94.406,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83444,
    "c": 0.10561,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74D8FB

secondary

#D7643C

accent

#3C00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #74D8FB

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

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