#74DEFD#74DEFD

#74DEFD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.107 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74DEFD
RGB	rgb(116, 222, 253)
HSL	hsl(194, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(194, 54%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 12.3%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.46, -22.30, -24.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.46, 33.09, 227.63°)
OKLab	oklab(84.86% -0.0827 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(84.86% 0.107 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.0465, 63.0427, 102.3878)
Luminance	0.6305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74DEFD #FD9374

analogous

#74FDD8 #74DEFD #7499FD

triadic

#74DEFD #FD74DE #DEFD74

tetradic

#74DEFD #D874FD #FD9374 #99FD74

square

#74DEFD #D874FD #FD9374 #99FD74

split-complementary

#74DEFD #FD7499 #FDD874

monochromatic

#03BDF3 #38D0FC #74DEFD #B0ECFE #E1F8FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#74DEFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#74DEFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74DEFD

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74DEFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74DEFD	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C9FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9E8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74defd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 222, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.107 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e8fe',
    500: '#74defd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74defd;
$custom-light: #a6e8fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74defd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.577,
    "s": 97.163,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84859,
    "c": 0.10692,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74DEFD

secondary

#DA5F3B

accent

#3400E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #74DEFD

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

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