#74A8F2#74A8F2

#74A8F2 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.122 H 257.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A8F2
RGB	rgb(116, 168, 242)
HSL	hsl(215, 83%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(215, 52%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 30.6%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, 3.27, -42.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 42.37, 274.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0269 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.122 257.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2266, 38.1263, 89.3846)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A8F2 #F2BE74

analogous

#74E7F2 #74A8F2 #7F74F2

triadic

#74A8F2 #F274A8 #A8F274

tetradic

#74A8F2 #F274E7 #F2BE74 #74F27F

square

#74A8F2 #F274E7 #F2BE74 #74F27F

split-complementary

#74A8F2 #F27F74 #E7F274

monochromatic

#1465D7 #3C85ED #74A8F2 #ACCBF7 #E3EDFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#74A8F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#74A8F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A8F2

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A8F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A8F2	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BADF5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7BA1F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31B8C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a8f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 168, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.122 257.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c1f6',
    500: '#74a8f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a8f2;
$custom-light: #a3c1f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a8f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.238,
    "s": 82.895,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72571,
    "c": 0.12181,
    "h": 257.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A8F2

secondary

#F2E4CF

accent

#8606DF

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F7FE

border

#CED0D6

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A8F2

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

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