#74DBFF#74DBFF

#74DBFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.108 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74DBFF
RGB	rgb(116, 219, 255)
HSL	hsl(196, 100%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(196, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 14.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.70, -20.24, -26.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.70, 33.49, 232.82°)
OKLab	oklab(84.27% -0.0787 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(84.27% 0.108 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.5770, 61.5914, 103.8113)
Luminance	0.6160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74DBFF #FF9874

analogous

#74FFDE #74DBFF #7495FF

triadic

#74DBFF #FF74DB #DBFF74

tetradic

#74DBFF #DE74FF #FF9874 #95FF74

square

#74DBFF #DE74FF #FF9874 #95FF74

split-complementary

#74DBFF #FF7495 #FFDE74

monochromatic

#00B8F9 #37CBFF #74DBFF #B1EBFF #E0F7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#74DBFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#74DBFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74DBFF

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74DBFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74DBFF	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C7FF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74dbff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 219, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.108 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e6ff',
    500: '#74dbff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74dbff;
$custom-light: #a6e6ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74dbff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.54,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84267,
    "c": 0.10811,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74DBFF

secondary

#DC653B

accent

#3B00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101618

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #74DBFF

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

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