#74A6EF#74A6EF

#74A6EF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.120 H 257.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A6EF
RGB	rgb(116, 166, 239)
HSL	hsl(216, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(216, 51%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 30.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, 3.50, -41.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 41.81, 274.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.0254 -0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.12 257.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4133, 37.2147, 86.9089)
Luminance	0.3722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A6EF #EFBD74

analogous

#74E3EF #74A6EF #8074EF

triadic

#74A6EF #EF74A6 #A6EF74

tetradic

#74A6EF #EF74E3 #EFBD74 #74EF80

square

#74A6EF #EF74E3 #EFBD74 #74EF80

split-complementary

#74A6EF #EF8074 #E3EF74

monochromatic

#1863D1 #3D83E9 #74A6EF #ABC9F5 #E2ECFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#74A6EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#74A6EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A6EF

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A6EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A6EF	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89ABF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9FED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35B6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a6ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 166, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.120 257.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c0f4',
    500: '#74a6ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a6ef;
$custom-light: #a3c0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a6ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.61,
    "s": 79.355,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72,
    "c": 0.11987,
    "h": 257.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A6EF

secondary

#F1E3CE

accent

#860ADC

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A6EF

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

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