#74A5EC#74A5EC

#74A5EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.117 H 257.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A5EC
RGB	rgb(116, 165, 236)
HSL	hsl(216, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(216, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 30.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, 3.16, -40.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 40.78, 274.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.0251 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.117 257.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7928, 36.6768, 84.5338)
Luminance	0.3668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A5EC #ECBB74

analogous

#74E1EC #74A5EC #7F74EC

triadic

#74A5EC #EC74A5 #A5EC74

tetradic

#74A5EC #EC74E1 #ECBB74 #74EC7F

square

#74A5EC #EC74E1 #ECBB74 #74EC7F

split-complementary

#74A5EC #EC7F74 #E1EC74

monochromatic

#1C63CA #3E82E5 #74A5EC #AAC8F3 #E0EBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#74A5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#74A5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A5EC

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A5EC	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A9EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9EEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39B5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 165, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.117 257.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3bff2',
    500: '#74a5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a5ec;
$custom-light: #a3bff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.5,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71641,
    "c": 0.11695,
    "h": 257.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A5EC

secondary

#EFE1CC

accent

#850DD8

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A5EC

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

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