#74A4F9#74A4F9

#74A4F9 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.135 H 261.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A4F9
RGB	rgb(116, 164, 249)
HSL	hsl(218, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(218, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 34.1%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, 7.67, -47.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 47.87, 279.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0206 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.135 261.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5710, 37.1006, 94.7854)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A4F9 #F9C974

analogous

#74E6F9 #74A4F9 #8774F9

triadic

#74A4F9 #F974A4 #A4F974

tetradic

#74A4F9 #F974E6 #F9C974 #74F987

square

#74A4F9 #F974E6 #F9C974 #74F987

split-complementary

#74A4F9 #F98774 #E6F974

monochromatic

#0A5AE9 #397EF6 #74A4F9 #AFCAFC #E2ECFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#74A4F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#74A4F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A4F9

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A4F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A4F9	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82ABFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#729EF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28B7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a4f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 164, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.135 261.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4befb',
    500: '#74a4f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a4f9;
$custom-light: #a4befb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a4f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.346,
    "s": 91.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72082,
    "c": 0.13498,
    "h": 261.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A4F9

secondary

#F5E9D3

accent

#9300E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F6FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A4F9

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

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