#74A2EE#74A2EE

#74A2EE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.123 H 260.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A2EE
RGB	rgb(116, 162, 238)
HSL	hsl(217, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(217, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 31.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, 5.47, -42.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 43.23, 277.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0211 -0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.123 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5502, 35.7241, 85.8944)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A2EE #EEC074

analogous

#74DFEE #74A2EE #8374EE

triadic

#74A2EE #EE74A2 #A2EE74

tetradic

#74A2EE #EE74DF #EEC074 #74EE83

square

#74A2EE #EE74DF #EEC074 #74EE83

split-complementary

#74A2EE #EE8374 #DFEE74

monochromatic

#195ECE #3D7EE7 #74A2EE #ABC6F5 #E1EBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#74A2EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#74A2EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A2EE

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A2EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A2EE	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#769CEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37B3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a2ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 162, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.123 260.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3bdf4',
    500: '#74a2ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a2ee;
$custom-light: #a3bdf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a2ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.377,
    "s": 78.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71104,
    "c": 0.12255,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A2EE

secondary

#F0E3CD

accent

#8C0BDA

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A2EE

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

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