#74DCFD#74DCFD

#74DCFD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.107 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74DCFD
RGB	rgb(116, 220, 253)
HSL	hsl(194, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(194, 54%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 13%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.91, -21.30, -25.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.91, 33.07, 229.90°)
OKLab	oklab(84.41% -0.0805 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(84.41% 0.107 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.5184, 61.9866, 102.2118)
Luminance	0.6199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74DCFD #FD9574

analogous

#74FDDA #74DCFD #7497FD

triadic

#74DCFD #FD74DC #DCFD74

tetradic

#74DCFD #DA74FD #FD9574 #97FD74

square

#74DCFD #DA74FD #FD9574 #97FD74

split-complementary

#74DCFD #FD7497 #FDDA74

monochromatic

#03B9F3 #38CDFC #74DCFD #B0EBFE #E1F7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#74DCFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#74DCFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74DCFD

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74DCFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74DCFD	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C8FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E7E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74dcfd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 220, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.107 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e7fe',
    500: '#74dcfd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74dcfd;
$custom-light: #a6e7fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74dcfd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.453,
    "s": 97.163,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84413,
    "c": 0.10683,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74DCFD

secondary

#DA623B

accent

#3700E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #74DCFD

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

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