#74A5EA#74A5EA

#74A5EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.114 H 257.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A5EA
RGB	rgb(116, 165, 234)
HSL	hsl(215, 74%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(215, 50%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 29.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, 2.57, -39.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 39.78, 273.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.0257 -0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.114 257)
XYZ	xyz(35.5038, 36.5612, 83.0121)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A5EA #EAB974

analogous

#74E0EA #74A5EA #7E74EA

triadic

#74A5EA #EA74A5 #A5EA74

tetradic

#74A5EA #EA74E0 #EAB974 #74EA7E

square

#74A5EA #EA74E0 #EAB974 #74EA7E

split-complementary

#74A5EA #EA7E74 #E0EA74

monochromatic

#1E64C6 #3F83E2 #74A5EA #A9C7F2 #DEEAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#74A5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#74A5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A5EA

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A5EA	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9EE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BB4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 165, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.114 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2bff1',
    500: '#74a5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a5ea;
$custom-light: #a2bff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.085,
    "s": 73.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71544,
    "c": 0.11437,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.36564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A5EA

secondary

#EFE0CB

accent

#8410D6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A5EA

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

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