#74A8F9#74A8F9

#74A8F9 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.131 H 259.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A8F9
RGB	rgb(116, 168, 249)
HSL	hsl(217, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(217, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 32.5%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, 5.39, -45.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 45.88, 276.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.025 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.131 259)
XYZ	xyz(38.2981, 38.5549, 95.0278)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A8F9 #F9C574

analogous

#74EBF9 #74A8F9 #8374F9

triadic

#74A8F9 #F974A8 #A8F974

tetradic

#74A8F9 #F974EB #F9C574 #74F983

square

#74A8F9 #F974EB #F9C574 #74F983

split-complementary

#74A8F9 #F98374 #EBF974

monochromatic

#0A61E9 #3983F6 #74A8F9 #AFCDFC #E2EDFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#74A8F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#74A8F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A8F9

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A8F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A8F9	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88AEFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77A1F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27BAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a8f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 168, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.131 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c1fb',
    500: '#74a8f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a8f9;
$custom-light: #a4c1fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a8f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.541,
    "s": 91.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7292,
    "c": 0.13086,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.38558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A8F9

secondary

#F5E8D3

accent

#8C00E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F7FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A8F9

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

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