#74DBFD#74DBFD

#74DBFD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.107 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74DBFD
RGB	rgb(116, 219, 253)
HSL	hsl(195, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(195, 54%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 13.4%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.63, -20.80, -25.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.63, 33.08, 231.04°)
OKLab	oklab(84.19% -0.0795 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(84.19% 0.107 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.2568, 61.4633, 102.1246)
Luminance	0.6147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74DBFD #FD9674

analogous

#74FDDB #74DBFD #7496FD

triadic

#74DBFD #FD74DB #DBFD74

tetradic

#74DBFD #DB74FD #FD9674 #96FD74

square

#74DBFD #DB74FD #FD9674 #96FD74

split-complementary

#74DBFD #FD7496 #FDDB74

monochromatic

#03B8F3 #38CBFC #74DBFD #B0EBFE #E1F7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#74DBFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#74DBFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74DBFD

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74DBFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74DBFD	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C7FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74dbfd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 219, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.107 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e6fe',
    500: '#74dbfd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74dbfd;
$custom-light: #a6e6fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74dbfd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.891,
    "s": 97.163,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8419,
    "c": 0.10683,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74DBFD

secondary

#DA633B

accent

#3900E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #74DBFD

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

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