#74A2EA#74A2EA

#74A2EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.117 H 259.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A2EA
RGB	rgb(116, 162, 234)
HSL	hsl(217, 74%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(217, 50%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 30.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, 4.27, -40.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 41.20, 275.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0222 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.117 259.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9691, 35.4917, 82.8338)
Luminance	0.3549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A2EA #EABC74

analogous

#74DDEA #74A2EA #8174EA

triadic

#74A2EA #EA74A2 #A2EA74

tetradic

#74A2EA #EA74DD #EABC74 #74EA81

square

#74A2EA #EA74DD #EABC74 #74EA81

split-complementary

#74A2EA #EA8174 #DDEA74

monochromatic

#1E5FC6 #3F7EE2 #74A2EA #A9C6F2 #DEE9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#74A2EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#74A2EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A2EA

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A2EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A2EA	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789CE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BB2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a2ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 162, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.117 259.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2bdf1',
    500: '#74a2ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a2ea;
$custom-light: #a2bdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a2ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.61,
    "s": 73.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70906,
    "c": 0.11728,
    "h": 259.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A2EA

secondary

#EFE1CB

accent

#8910D6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A2EA

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

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