#74A0EA#74A0EA

#74A0EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.119 H 260.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A0EA
RGB	rgb(116, 160, 234)
HSL	hsl(218, 74%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(218, 50%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 31.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, 5.41, -41.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 42.17, 277.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.0199 -0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.119 260.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6195, 34.7927, 82.7173)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A0EA #EABE74

analogous

#74DBEA #74A0EA #8374EA

triadic

#74A0EA #EA74A0 #A0EA74

tetradic

#74A0EA #EA74DB #EABE74 #74EA83

square

#74A0EA #EA74DB #EABE74 #74EA83

split-complementary

#74A0EA #EA8374 #DBEA74

monochromatic

#1E5CC6 #3F7CE2 #74A0EA #A9C4F2 #DEE9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#74A0EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#74A0EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A0EA

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A0EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A0EA	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A5ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#759AE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CB0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a0ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 160, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.119 260.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2bbf1',
    500: '#74a0ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a0ea;
$custom-light: #a2bbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a0ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.627,
    "s": 73.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70482,
    "c": 0.1193,
    "h": 260.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A0EA

secondary

#EFE1CB

accent

#8C10D6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101116

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A0EA

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

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