#74DCFF#74DCFF

#74DCFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.108 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74DCFF
RGB	rgb(116, 220, 255)
HSL	hsl(195, 100%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(195, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 13.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.97, -20.74, -26.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.97, 33.46, 231.69°)
OKLab	oklab(84.49% -0.0798 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(84.49% 0.108 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.8387, 62.1148, 103.8986)
Luminance	0.6212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74DCFF #FF9774

analogous

#74FFDD #74DCFF #7496FF

triadic

#74DCFF #FF74DC #DCFF74

tetradic

#74DCFF #DD74FF #FF9774 #96FF74

square

#74DCFF #DD74FF #FF9774 #96FF74

split-complementary

#74DCFF #FF7496 #FFDD74

monochromatic

#00BAF9 #37CDFF #74DCFF #B1EBFF #E0F7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#74DCFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#74DCFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74DCFF

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74DCFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74DCFF	1.00	1.56	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C8FF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E7E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74dcff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 220, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.108 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e7ff',
    500: '#74dcff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74dcff;
$custom-light: #a6e7ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74dcff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.108,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8449,
    "c": 0.10808,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74DCFF

secondary

#DC643B

accent

#3A00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101618

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #74DCFF

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

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