#74AAF8#74AAF8

#74AAF8 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.128 H 257.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AAF8
RGB	rgb(116, 170, 248)
HSL	hsl(215, 90%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(215, 53%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 31.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, 3.95, -44.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 44.42, 275.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0275 -0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.128 257.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5146, 39.2368, 94.3326)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AAF8 #F8C274

analogous

#74ECF8 #74AAF8 #8074F8

triadic

#74AAF8 #F874AA #AAF874

tetradic

#74AAF8 #F874EC #F8C274 #74F880

square

#74AAF8 #F874EC #F8C274 #74F880

split-complementary

#74AAF8 #F88074 #ECF874

monochromatic

#0C65E6 #3A86F5 #74AAF8 #AECEFB #E2EDFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#74AAF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#74AAF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AAF8

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AAF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AAF8	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BAFFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7AA2F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27BBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aaf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 170, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.128 257.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c3fb',
    500: '#74aaf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aaf8;
$custom-light: #a4c3fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aaf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.455,
    "s": 90.411,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73291,
    "c": 0.1276,
    "h": 257.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AAF8

secondary

#F5E7D3

accent

#8800E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F7FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AAF8

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

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