#74A2EB#74A2EB

#74A2EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.119 H 259.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A2EB
RGB	rgb(116, 162, 235)
HSL	hsl(217, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(217, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 31.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, 4.57, -41.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 41.70, 276.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0219 -0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.119 259.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1131, 35.5493, 83.5926)
Luminance	0.3555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A2EB #EBBD74

analogous

#74DEEB #74A2EB #8274EB

triadic

#74A2EB #EB74A2 #A2EB74

tetradic

#74A2EB #EB74DE #EBBD74 #74EB82

square

#74A2EB #EB74DE #EBBD74 #74EB82

split-complementary

#74A2EB #EB8274 #DEEB74

monochromatic

#1D5FC8 #3E7EE3 #74A2EB #AAC6F3 #DFEAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#74A2EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#74A2EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A2EB

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A2EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A2EB	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779CE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BB2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a2eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 162, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.119 259.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2bdf1',
    500: '#74a2eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a2eb;
$custom-light: #a2bdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a2eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.807,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70955,
    "c": 0.1186,
    "h": 259.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A2EB

secondary

#EFE1CC

accent

#890FD7

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A2EB

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

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