#74A4EF#74A4EF

#74A4EF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.122 H 259.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A4EF
RGB	rgb(116, 164, 239)
HSL	hsl(217, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(217, 51%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 31.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, 4.63, -42.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 42.77, 276.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.0231 -0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.122 259)
XYZ	xyz(36.0526, 36.4933, 86.7887)
Luminance	0.3650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A4EF #EFBF74

analogous

#74E2EF #74A4EF #8174EF

triadic

#74A4EF #EF74A4 #A4EF74

tetradic

#74A4EF #EF74E2 #EFBF74 #74EF81

square

#74A4EF #EF74E2 #EFBF74 #74EF81

split-complementary

#74A4EF #EF8174 #E2EF74

monochromatic

#1860D1 #3D80E9 #74A4EF #ABC8F5 #E2ECFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#74A4EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#74A4EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A4EF

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A4EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A4EF	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A9F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789DED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36B5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 164, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.122 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3bef4',
    500: '#74a4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a4ef;
$custom-light: #a3bef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.585,
    "s": 79.355,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71576,
    "c": 0.12184,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.36496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A4EF

secondary

#F1E3CE

accent

#8A0ADC

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A4EF

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

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