#74A4EE#74A4EE

#74A4EE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.121 H 258.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A4EE
RGB	rgb(116, 164, 238)
HSL	hsl(216, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(216, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 31.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, 4.33, -42.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 42.26, 275.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.0234 -0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.121 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9053, 36.4343, 86.0128)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A4EE #EEBE74

analogous

#74E1EE #74A4EE #8174EE

triadic

#74A4EE #EE74A4 #A4EE74

tetradic

#74A4EE #EE74E1 #EEBE74 #74EE81

square

#74A4EE #EE74E1 #EEBE74 #74EE81

split-complementary

#74A4EE #EE8174 #E1EE74

monochromatic

#1961CE #3D80E7 #74A4EE #ABC8F5 #E1EBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#74A4EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#74A4EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A4EE

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A4EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A4EE	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A9F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789DEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37B4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a4ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 164, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.121 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3bef4',
    500: '#74a4ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a4ee;
$custom-light: #a3bef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a4ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.393,
    "s": 78.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71527,
    "c": 0.12053,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A4EE

secondary

#F0E3CD

accent

#890BDA

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A4EE

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

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