#74A5FD#74A5FD

#74A5FD is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.139 H 261.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A5FD
RGB	rgb(116, 165, 253)
HSL	hsl(219, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(219, 54%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 34.8%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, 8.33, -48.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 49.42, 279.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0207 -0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.139 261.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3812, 37.7121, 98.1661)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A5FD #FDCC74

analogous

#74EAFD #74A5FD #8774FD

triadic

#74A5FD #FD74A5 #A5FD74

tetradic

#74A5FD #FD74EA #FDCC74 #74FD87

square

#74A5FD #FD74EA #FDCC74 #74FD87

split-complementary

#74A5FD #FD8774 #EAFD74

monochromatic

#0359F3 #387EFC #74A5FD #B0CCFE #E1EBFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#74A5FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#74A5FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A5FD

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A5FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A5FD	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82ACFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#719FFB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20B8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a5fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 165, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.139 261.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4bffe',
    500: '#74a5fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a5fd;
$custom-light: #a4bffe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a5fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.54,
    "s": 97.163,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72498,
    "c": 0.13919,
    "h": 261.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A5FD

secondary

#F7EAD4

accent

#9300E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F6FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101218

muted

#7F8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A5FD

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

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