#74A4E9#74A4E9

#74A4E9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.114 H 257.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A4E9
RGB	rgb(116, 164, 233)
HSL	hsl(215, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(215, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 29.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, 2.83, -39.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 39.74, 274.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.0248 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.114 257.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1809, 36.1446, 82.1977)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A4E9 #E9B974

analogous

#74DEE9 #74A4E9 #7E74E9

triadic

#74A4E9 #E974A4 #A4E974

tetradic

#74A4E9 #E974DE #E9B974 #74E97E

square

#74A4E9 #E974DE #E9B974 #74E97E

split-complementary

#74A4E9 #E97E74 #DEE974

monochromatic

#1F63C4 #3F81E1 #74A4E9 #A9C7F1 #DEE9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#74A4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#74A4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A4E9

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A4E9	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9DE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CB3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 164, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.114 257.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2bef0',
    500: '#74a4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a4e9;
$custom-light: #a2bef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.385,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71282,
    "c": 0.11402,
    "h": 257.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A4E9

secondary

#EEE0CB

accent

#8411D5

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A4E9

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

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