#74A5FA#74A5FA

#74A5FA is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.135 H 260.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A5FA
RGB	rgb(116, 165, 250)
HSL	hsl(218, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(218, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 34%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, 7.41, -47.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 47.88, 278.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0215 -0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.135 260.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9070, 37.5225, 95.6689)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A5FA #FAC974

analogous

#74E8FA #74A5FA #8674FA

triadic

#74A5FA #FA74A5 #A5FA74

tetradic

#74A5FA #FA74E8 #FAC974 #74FA86

square

#74A5FA #FA74E8 #FAC974 #74FA86

split-complementary

#74A5FA #FA8674 #E8FA74

monochromatic

#085BEB #397FF8 #74A5FA #AFCBFC #E1ECFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#74A5FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#74A5FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A5FA

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A5FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A5FA	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83ACFE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#739FF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26B8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a5fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 165, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.135 260.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4bffc',
    500: '#74a5fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a5fa;
$custom-light: #a4bffc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a5fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.06,
    "s": 93.056,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72343,
    "c": 0.13524,
    "h": 260.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A5FA

secondary

#F6E9D4

accent

#9200E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F6FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A5FA

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

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