#74A4EA#74A4EA

#74A4EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.115 H 257.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A4EA
RGB	rgb(116, 164, 234)
HSL	hsl(216, 74%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(216, 50%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 29.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.67, 3.13, -40.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.67, 40.24, 274.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.0245 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.115 257.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3242, 36.2019, 82.9522)
Luminance	0.3620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A4EA #EABA74

analogous

#74DFEA #74A4EA #7F74EA

triadic

#74A4EA #EA74A4 #A4EA74

tetradic

#74A4EA #EA74DF #EABA74 #74EA7F

square

#74A4EA #EA74DF #EABA74 #74EA7F

split-complementary

#74A4EA #EA7F74 #DFEA74

monochromatic

#1E62C6 #3F81E2 #74A4EA #A9C7F2 #DEEAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#74A4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#74A4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A4EA

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A4EA	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A8ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9DE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BB3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 164, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.115 257.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2bef1',
    500: '#74a4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a4ea;
$custom-light: #a2bef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.593,
    "s": 73.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71331,
    "c": 0.11531,
    "h": 257.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A4EA

secondary

#EFE0CB

accent

#8510D6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A4EA

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

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