#74A5F8#74A5F8

#74A5F8 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.133 H 260.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A5F8
RGB	rgb(116, 165, 248)
HSL	hsl(218, 90%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(218, 53%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 33.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, 6.80, -46.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 46.86, 278.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0219 -0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.133 260.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5951, 37.3977, 94.0261)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A5F8 #F8C774

analogous

#74E7F8 #74A5F8 #8574F8

triadic

#74A5F8 #F874A5 #A5F874

tetradic

#74A5F8 #F874E7 #F8C774 #74F885

square

#74A5F8 #F874E7 #F8C774 #74F885

split-complementary

#74A5F8 #F88574 #E7F874

monochromatic

#0C5DE6 #3A7FF5 #74A5F8 #AECBFB #E2ECFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#74A5F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#74A5F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A5F8

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A5F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A5F8	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84ABFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#749FF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29B7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a5f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 165, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.133 260.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4bffb',
    500: '#74a5f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a5f8;
$custom-light: #a4bffb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a5f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.727,
    "s": 90.411,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7224,
    "c": 0.13262,
    "h": 260.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A5F8

secondary

#F5E8D3

accent

#9000E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F6FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A5F8

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

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