#74A2EC#74A2EC

#74A2EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.120 H 259.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A2EC
RGB	rgb(116, 162, 236)
HSL	hsl(217, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(217, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 31.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, 4.87, -41.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 42.21, 276.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.0217 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.12 259.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2580, 35.6072, 84.3556)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A2EC #ECBE74

analogous

#74DEEC #74A2EC #8274EC

triadic

#74A2EC #EC74A2 #A2EC74

tetradic

#74A2EC #EC74DE #ECBE74 #74EC82

square

#74A2EC #EC74DE #ECBE74 #74EC82

split-complementary

#74A2EC #EC8274 #DEEC74

monochromatic

#1C5ECA #3E7EE5 #74A2EC #AAC6F3 #E0EAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#74A2EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#74A2EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A2EC

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A2EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A2EC	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A7EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779CEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39B2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a2ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 162, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.120 259.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3bdf2',
    500: '#74a2ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a2ec;
$custom-light: #a3bdf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a2ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71005,
    "c": 0.11991,
    "h": 259.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A2EC

secondary

#EFE2CC

accent

#8A0DD8

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A2EC

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

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