#74DDFD#74DDFD

#74DDFD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.107 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74DDFD
RGB	rgb(116, 221, 253)
HSL	hsl(194, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(194, 54%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 12.6%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.19, -21.80, -24.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.19, 33.08, 228.76°)
OKLab	oklab(84.64% -0.0816 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(84.64% 0.107 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.7817, 62.5131, 102.2996)
Luminance	0.6252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74DDFD #FD9474

analogous

#74FDD9 #74DDFD #7498FD

triadic

#74DDFD #FD74DD #DDFD74

tetradic

#74DDFD #D974FD #FD9474 #98FD74

square

#74DDFD #D974FD #FD9474 #98FD74

split-complementary

#74DDFD #FD7498 #FDD974

monochromatic

#03BBF3 #38CEFC #74DDFD #B0ECFE #E1F8FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#74DDFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#74DDFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74DDFD

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74DDFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74DDFD	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C9FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74ddfd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 221, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.107 220.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74ddfd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.015,
    "s": 97.163,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84636,
    "c": 0.10686,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74DDFD

secondary

#DA603B

accent

#3600E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #74DDFD

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

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