#74A5EB#74A5EB

#74A5EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.116 H 257.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A5EB
RGB	rgb(116, 165, 235)
HSL	hsl(215, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(215, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 29.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, 2.86, -40.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 40.28, 274.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% -0.0254 -0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.116 257.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6479, 36.6188, 83.7708)
Luminance	0.3662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A5EB #EBBA74

analogous

#74E1EB #74A5EB #7F74EB

triadic

#74A5EB #EB74A5 #A5EB74

tetradic

#74A5EB #EB74E1 #EBBA74 #74EB7F

square

#74A5EB #EB74E1 #EBBA74 #74EB7F

split-complementary

#74A5EB #EB7F74 #E1EB74

monochromatic

#1D63C8 #3E82E3 #74A5EB #AAC8F3 #DFEAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#74A5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#74A5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A5EB

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A5EB	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA9EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9EEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AB4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 165, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.116 257.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2bff1',
    500: '#74a5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a5eb;
$custom-light: #a2bff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.294,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71592,
    "c": 0.11565,
    "h": 257.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A5EB

secondary

#EFE1CC

accent

#840FD7

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A5EB

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

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