#74DAEF#74DAEF

#74DAEF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.099 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74DAEF
RGB	rgb(116, 218, 239)
HSL	hsl(190, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(190, 51%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 8.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.88, -24.16, -19.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.88, 31.01, 218.81°)
OKLab	oklab(83.44% -0.0836 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(83.44% 0.099 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.8478, 60.0836, 90.7204)
Luminance	0.6009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74DAEF #EF8974

analogous

#74EFC7 #74DAEF #749DEF

triadic

#74DAEF #EF74DA #DAEF74

tetradic

#74DAEF #C774EF #EF8974 #9DEF74

square

#74DAEF #C774EF #EF8974 #9DEF74

split-complementary

#74DAEF #EF749D #EFC774

monochromatic

#18B1D1 #3DCBE9 #74DAEF #ABE9F5 #E2F7FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#74DAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#74DAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74DAEF

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74DAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74DAEF	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C5EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BE3E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74daef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 218, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.099 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e5f4',
    500: '#74daef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74daef;
$custom-light: #a4e5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74daef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.244,
    "s": 79.355,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83442,
    "c": 0.0994,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74DAEF

secondary

#C8563F

accent

#2E0ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #74DAEF

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

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